Web-Based Tracing for Model-Driven Applications

Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), vol. 4, pp. 374–381

Abstract

Logging still is a core functionality used to understand the behavior of programs and executable models. Yet, modeling languages rarely consider logging as a first-level activity that is manifested in the language through modeling elements or their behavior. When logging is part of the code generated for the respective models or the corresponding runtime environment only, it must be generic, as the modeler cannot influence, through the models, what and when logging takes place. To enable modelers to log model behavior, we devised a method based on language extension and smart code generation that can integrate logging into arbitrary textual modeling languages. Based on this method, log entries can be produced, traced, and presented through a web application. This method and its infrastructure can facilitate lifting logging to the model level and, hence, improve the understanding of executable models.

Authors 5

1. Jörg Christian Kirchhof Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University,Software Engineering,Aachen,Germany

   Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2. Lukas Malcher Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University,Software Engineering,Aachen,Germany

   Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

3. Judith Michael Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University,Software Engineering,Aachen,Germany

   Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

4. Bernhard Rumpe⋆ Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University,Software Engineering,Aachen,Germany

   Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

5. Andreas Wortmann

   University of Stuttgart

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW), University of Stuttgart,Stuttgart,Germany

   Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany