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This AM3 use case titled '''Pet Store Navigability''' has been implemented by [http://www.emn.fr/x-info/atlanmod/index.php/User:Doux Guillaume Doux] and initially published in May 2009. 

== Keywords  ==

AM3, Global Model Management, Megamodeling, DSL, PetStore, Navigability 

== Overview  ==

This complete use case presents a concrete use of the generic and extensible inter-model navigability facilities offered by AM3. It shows how a snapshot taken during a software development process can be represented by a megamodel and how global model management can be used to manage and navigate the different development artifacts. The sample application considered in this use case is the standard [http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/petstore/ PetStore online application]. The different models and metamodels available from this use case have been developed to figure out the situation at a given time within the software development process. 

This use case is provided by [http://www.emn.fr/z-info/atlanmod INRIA AtlanMod] and its development has been supported by the [http://www.emn.fr/z-info/idmpp french IDM++ project] (ANR-07-TLOG-IdM++) and by the [http://www.modelplex.org IST European MODELPLEX project] (MODELing solution for comPLEX software systems, FP6-IP 34081). 

Considering inter-model navigabiliy, two kinds of navigation are necessary: between models and between model elements. The next figure provides examples of the two underlying kinds of link. 

[[Image:AM3UseCase-PetStore Navigability-ModelLinkOverview.png|center|frame|'''Navigation Between Software Development Models''']]

The '''model-level links''' (normal lines) are stored within the megamodel and are directly navigable. 

The '''model element-level links''' (dotted lines) are considered as a refinement of the model-level links and are stored in separate weaving models. A different weaving model is required for detailing each model-level link. The navigation of the model element-level links is realized thanks to the combined use of the megamodel and the corresponding weaving models. 

The next figures provide two screenshots showing how AM3 is actually used in order to navigate at both model-level and model element-level. 

[[Image:AM3UseCase-PetStore Navigability-ModelLevelNavigationView.png|center|frame|'''Model-level Navigation View''']]

[[Image:AM3UseCase-PetStore Navigability-ModelElementLevelNavigationView.png|center|frame|'''Model element-level Navigation View''']]

== Documentation  ==

*[http://docatlanmod.emn.fr/AM3/UseCases/PetStore_Navigability/AM3UseCase-PetStore_Navigability-description.pdf Use Case - PetStore Navigability - Description]: General description of the use case, its objectives, its architecture and overall process, the different metamodels and models used, etc. 
*[http://docatlanmod.emn.fr/AM3/UseCases/PetStore_Navigability/AM3UseCase-PetStore_Navigability-install.pdf Use Case - PetStore Navigability - Installation &amp; Execution Guide]: How to install and use the navigator and the use case's projects.

== Download  ==

*[http://docatlanmod.emn.fr/AM3/UseCases/PetStore_Navigability/org.eclipse.gmt.am3.usecase.petstore_v0-4.zip First complete version of the PetStore Navigability use case]. Note that all the sources contained in the archive are also available from the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php?title=AM3/How_Install_New_AM3_From_SVN AM3 SVN]: you must install the '''org.eclipse.gmt.am3.platform.extension.am3navigability ''' plug-in for this use case to work properly.

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