Abstract
UML is the first OO modeling language with a useful modularization and information hiding concept. It supports nesting, import, and refinement of so-called packages. This paper translates UML’s informal package definition into predicate logic formulas and solves some open problems concerning the visibility of exported and imported modeling elements.
Furthermore, the formulas will be transformed into a specification based on PROgrammed Graph REwriting Systems. We will very briefly sketch how a graphical UML editor can be generated from this PROGRES specification.
This work has been supported by APPLIGRAPH.
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Schürr, A., Winter, A. (1998). Formal Definition of UML’s Package Concept. In: Schader, M., Korthaus, A. (eds) The Unified Modeling Language. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48673-9_10
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