Concrete syntax for objects. Domain-specific language embedding and assimilation without restrictions

Concrete syntax for objects. Domain-specific language embedding and assimilation without restrictions (2004)

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by Martin Bravenboer , Eelco Visser

Venue:	Proceedings of the 19th ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programing, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA’04
Citations:	59 - 15 self

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TITLE	Concrete syntax for objects. Domain-specific language embedding and assimilation without restrictions	INFERENCE
AUTHOR NAME	Martin Bravenboer	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Institute of Information and Computing Sciences	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Universiteit Utrecht, P.O. Box 80089; 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Eelco Visser	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	Application programmer’s interfaces give access to domain knowledge encapsulated in class libraries without providing the appropriate notation for expressing domain composition. Since object-oriented languages are designed for extensibility and reuse, the language constructs are often sufficient for expressing domain abstractions at the semantic level. However, they do not provide the right abstractions at the syntactic level. In this paper we describe MetaBorg, a method for providing concrete syntax for domain abstractions to application programmers. The method consists of embedding domain-specific languages in a general purpose host language and assimilating the embedded domain code into the surrounding host code. Instead of extending the implementation of the host language, the assimilation phase implements domain abstractions in terms of existing APIs leaving the host language undisturbed. Indeed, Meta-Borg can be considered a method for promoting APIs to the language level. The method is supported by proven and available technology, i.e. the syntax definition formalism SDF and the program transformation language and toolset Stratego/XT. We illustrate the method with applications in three domains: code generation, XML generation, and user-interface construction.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
YEAR	2004	INFERENCE
VENUE	Proceedings of the 19th ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programing, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA’04	INFERENCE
VENUE TYPE	CONFERENCE	INFERENCE
PAGES	365--383	INFERENCE
CITATIONS	47 found	ParsCit 1.0