Migrating Custom DSL Implementations To a Language Workbench (Tool Demo)

Denkers, J.; van Gool, Louis; Visser, Eelco

doi:10.1145/3276604.3276608

Migrating Custom DSL Implementations To a Language Workbench (Tool Demo)

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

J. Denkers Programming Languages -

Louis van Gool Océ Technologies B.V

Eelco Visser Programming Languages -

Research Group

Programming Languages () (TU Delft)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3276604.3276608

Migration Domain-specific languages

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2018

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English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Software Technology

Research Group

Programming Languages

Abstract

We present a tool architecture that supports migrating custom domain-specific language (DSL) implementations to a language workbench. We demonstrate an implementation of this architecture for models in the domains of defining component interfaces (IDL) and modeling system behavior (OIL) which are developed and used at a digital printer manufacturing company. Increasing complexity and the lack of DSL syntax and IDE support for existing implementations in Python based on XML syntax hindered their evolution and adoption. A reimplementation in Spoofax using modular language definition enables composition between IDL and OIL and introduces more concise DSL syntax and IDE support. The presented tool supports migrating to new implementations while being backward compatible with existing syntax and related tooling.

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