Title :
DECS, a meta-CASE tool with visually-oriented constraint definition features
Author :
Qattous, Hazem ; Gray, P. ; Welland, Ray
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Appl. Sci. Univ., Amman, Jordan
Abstract :
DECS is a meta-CASE tool that generates interactive software design diagram editors based on specifications provided by a tool designer. A specification consists of a set of editor element types (vertices, edges) plus constraints on the use of those types. We present visually-oriented techniques for constraint definition and the language used for this purpose. We argue that the DECS approach offers flexibility and reduces the complexity of the constraint specification task.
Keywords :
formal specification; software tools; visual programming; DECS meta-CASE tool; constraint definition; constraint specification task; diagram editor constraints system; editor element type; interactive software design diagram editor; tool designer specification; visually-oriented constraint definition feature; Complexity theory; Filling; Information technology; Programming; Software; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT), 2013 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Amman
DOI :
10.1109/CSIT.2013.6588789
