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Difference between revisions of "ATL Wish List"

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* Improve the User Interface (AM3)  
 
* Improve the User Interface (AM3)  
 
* Possible generation of bidirectional transformations:  
 
* Possible generation of bidirectional transformations:  
     - A solution based on AMW has been presented by Frédéric Jouault
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     * A solution based on AMW has been presented by Frédéric Jouault
     - A solution based on Constraint Logic Programming has been proposed by Marc Pantel  
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     * A solution based on Constraint Logic Programming has been proposed by Marc Pantel  
 
* Improve  the  debug  mode  and  console  (offer  the  possibility  to  stop  or  continue  an  ATL transformation after errors, …)  
 
* Improve  the  debug  mode  and  console  (offer  the  possibility  to  stop  or  continue  an  ATL transformation after errors, …)  
 
* Warm about unchecked “nullable” accesses (for example in OCL queries)  
 
* Warm about unchecked “nullable” accesses (for example in OCL queries)  
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* Create a wiki web site for frequently asked questions (FAQ). It seems to be possible to use the wiki provided by Eclipse…  
 
* Create a wiki web site for frequently asked questions (FAQ). It seems to be possible to use the wiki provided by Eclipse…  
 
* Provide an extended way to define metamodels:  
 
* Provide an extended way to define metamodels:  
     - Provide support for using different files for defining a metamodel (technical solution)  
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     * Provide support for using different files for defining a metamodel (technical solution)  
     - Define metamodel’s extensions (conceptual solution)  
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     * Define metamodel’s extensions (conceptual solution)  
 
* Provide editor(s) to allow ATL extensions  
 
* Provide editor(s) to allow ATL extensions  
 
* Pluggable navigation languages (OCL of course but also other ones like XPath, XQuery, …)
 
* Pluggable navigation languages (OCL of course but also other ones like XPath, XQuery, …)

Revision as of 12:41, 11 May 2006

  • Allow hierarchical packaging (extends a!b to a!b.c…)
  • Allow module level inheritance
  • Provide short names as well as long names for metamodels
  • Bind the metamodels to their name(s) (AM3)
  • Improve the User Interface (AM3)
  • Possible generation of bidirectional transformations:
   * A solution based on AMW has been presented by Frédéric Jouault
   * A solution based on Constraint Logic Programming has been proposed by Marc Pantel 
  • Improve the debug mode and console (offer the possibility to stop or continue an ATL transformation after errors, …)
  • Warm about unchecked “nullable” accesses (for example in OCL queries)
  • Provide static analyzers (for example a type checker…)
  • Syntactic enhancement for the “resolveTemp” function (new name, …)
  • Possible porting of the ATL virtual machine on embedded systems : provide “smaller” version of the ATL VM
  • Implement new model handlers
  • Implement new injectors
  • Create a wiki web site for frequently asked questions (FAQ). It seems to be possible to use the wiki provided by Eclipse…
  • Provide an extended way to define metamodels:
   * Provide support for using different files for defining a metamodel (technical solution) 
   * Define metamodel’s extensions (conceptual solution) 
  • Provide editor(s) to allow ATL extensions
  • Pluggable navigation languages (OCL of course but also other ones like XPath, XQuery, …)

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