Where object-oriented languages deal with objects as described by classes, model-driven development uses models, as graphs of interconnected objects, described by metamodels. A number of new languages have been and continue to be developed for this model-based paradigm, both for model transformation and for general programming using models. Many of these use single-object approaches to typing, derived from solutions found in object-oriented systems, while others use metamodels as model types, but without a clear notion of polymorphism. Both of these approaches lead to brittle and overly restrictive reuse characteristics. In this paper we propose a simple extension to object-oriented typing to better cater for a model-oriented context, including a simple strategy for typing models as a collection of interconnected objects. Using a simple example we show how this extended approach permits more flexible reuse, while preserving type safety. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.
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Steel, J., & Jézéquel, J. M. (2005). Model typing for improving reuse in model-driven engineering. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 3713 LNCS, pp. 84–96). https://doi.org/10.1007/11557432_7
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