Synthesizing type-safe compositions in feature oriented software designs using staged composition

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The composition of features that interact with each other is challenging. Algebraic formalisms have been proposed by various authors to describe feature compositions and their interactions. The intention of feature compositions is the composition of fragments of documents of any kind to a product that fulfills users' requirements expressed by a feature selection. These modules often include code modules of typed programming languages whereas the proposed algebraic formalism is agnostic to types. This situation can lead to product code which is not type correct. In addition, types can carry semantic information on a program or module. We present a type system and connect it to an algebraic formalism thereby allowing automatic synthesis of feature compositions yielding well-typed programs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 19th International Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2015
Number of pages4
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Publication date20 Jul 2015
Pages398-401
ISBN (Electronic)9781450336130
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event19th International Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2015 - Nashville, United States
Duration: 20 Jul 201524 Jul 2015

Conference

Conference19th International Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2015
LandUnited States
ByNashville
Periode20/07/201524/07/2015
SponsorBigLever Software, Inc., Vanderbilt University
SeriesACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume20-24-July-2015

    Research areas

  • Automatic program synthesis, Combinatory logic eir, Feature composition, Type theory

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