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21st IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE'06)   pp. 25-36
Generating Domain-Specific Visual Language Editors from High-level Tool Specifications
John Grundy, University of Auckland, New Zealand
John Hosking, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Nianping Zhu, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Na Liu, University of Auckland, New Zealand

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Abstract
Domain-specific visual language editors are useful in many areas of software engineering but developing such editors is challenging and time-consuming. We describe an approach to generating a wide range of these graphical editors for use as plug-ins to the Eclipse environment. Tool specifications from an existing meta-tool, Pounamu, are interpreted to produce dynamic, multi-view, multiuser Eclipse graphical editors. We describe the architecture and implementation of our approach, examples of its use realizing domain-specific modelling tools, and strengths and limitations of the approach.
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Citation:  John Grundy, John Hosking, Nianping Zhu, Na Liu, "Generating Domain-Specific Visual Language Editors from High-level Tool Specifications," ase, pp. 25-36,  21st IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE'06),  2006