A Practical Evaluation of Using TXL for Model Transformation

As one of the MDA's main principles, model transformation has led to the specification of QVT and a large number of model transformation tools. TXL is a generic source transformation tool that also possesses some very important model transformation properties, such as scalability and efficiency. In this paper, we consider TXL as a model transformation tool, especially, for model-to-model transformations. We first present an approach for applying TXL as a model transformation tool. An interesting feature of the approach is the automatic generation of TXL grammars from meta-models. Then, practical applications of model transformation via TXL that follow our approach are given. We conclude the paper with a preliminary evaluation of using TXL as a model transformation tool.

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