Actifsource is a
domain specific modeling workbench. It is realized as
plug-in for the software development environment
Eclipse. Actifsource supports the creation of multiple
domain model
In software engineering, a domain model is a conceptual model of the domain that incorporates both behavior and data.Fowler, Martin. ''Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture''. Addison Wesley, 2003, p. 116. In ontology engineering, a do ...
s which can be linked together. It comes with a
UML
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental modeling language in the field of software engineering that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.
The creation of UML was originally m ...
-like graphical editor to create
domain specific language
A domain-specific language (DSL) is a computer language specialized to a particular application domain. This is in contrast to a general-purpose language (GPL), which is broadly applicable across domains. There are a wide variety of DSLs, ranging ...
s and a general graphical editor to edit structures in the created languages. It supports
code generation using user-defined
generic code templates which are directly linked to the domain models. Code generation is integrated into Eclipse's incremental build process.
Interoperability
Actifsource can use models from other modelling tools by importing and exporting the
ecore format which is defined by the
Eclipse Modeling Framework
Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) is an Eclipse-based modeling framework and code generation facility for building tools and other applications based on a structured data model.
From a model specification described in XML Metadata Interchange ...
.
Licensing policy
There are two versions of actifsource available: The free community edition which can be used freely for non-commercial projects and the enterprise edition which contains additional features. The enterprise edition comes with customer support and maintenance for a limited period of time. This package allows the customers to upgrade to new versions and maintenance releases during their support period.
See also
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Model-driven engineering
Model-driven engineering (MDE) is a software development methodology that focuses on creating and exploiting domain models, which are conceptual models of all the topics related to a specific problem. Hence, it highlights and aims at abstract ...
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Domain-specific modeling
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CIP-Tool {{other uses of, CIP
CIP-Tool (Communicating Interacting Processes) is a software tool for the modelling and implementation of event-driven applications. It is especially relevant for the development of software components of embedded systems.
His ...
References
External links
Product web site
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Programming tools
Eclipse software