Shadow models: incremental transformations for MPS

Abstract

Shadow Models is an incremental transformation framework for MPS. The name is motivated by the realization that many analyses are easier to do on an model whose structure is different from what the user edits. To be able to run such analyses interactively in an IDE, these ``shadows'' of the user-facing model must be maintained in realtime, and incrementality can deliver the needed short response times. Shadow Models is an incremental model transformation engine for MPS. In the paper we motivate the system through example use cases, and outline the transformation framework.