Translating ATL Model Transformations to Algebraic Graph Transformations

Elie Richa (1, 2) , Etienne Borde (2) , Laurent Pautet (2)

1 AdaCore (FRANCE)
2 LTCI - Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information

Analyzing and reasoning on model transformations has become very relevant for various applications such as ensuring the correctness of transformations. ATL is a model transformation language with rich semantics and a focus on usability, making its analysis not straightforward. Conversely, Algebraic Graph Transformation (AGT) is an approach with strong theoretical foundations allowing for formal analyses that would be valuable in the context of ATL. In this paper we propose a translation of ATL to the AGT framework in the objective of bringing theoretical analyses of AGT to ATL transformations. We validate our proposal by translating a set of feature-rich ATL transformations to the Henshin AGT framework. We execute the ATL and AGT versions on the same set of models and verify that the result is the same.

Keywords: ATL; Henshin; algebraic graph transformation; OCL; nested graph conditions; analysis of model transformations

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Computer Science [cs]; Modeling and Simulation; Computer Science [cs]; Programming Languages [cs.PL]; Computer Science [cs]; Computer Aided Engineering

Elie Richa, Etienne Borde, Laurent Pautet. Translating ATL Model Transformations to Algebraic Graph Transformations. 8th International Conference, ICMT 2015, Held as Part of STAF 2015, L'Aquila, Italy, July 20-21, 2015, Jul 2015, L'Aquila, Italy. pp.183-198, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-21155-8_14⟩. ⟨hal-01229113⟩