A Common Metamodel for Code Generation

Abstract

Models can be used in many stages of many different processes, but in so ware engineering, the ultimate purpose of modelling is oft en code generation. While code can be generated from any model, we propose to use an intermediate model that is tailored to code generation instead. In order to be able to easily support different target languages, this model should be general enough; in order to support the whole process, the model has to contain behavioural as well as structural aspects. is paper introduces such a model and the ideas behind it.