openMDX Introduction

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Table of Contents

1. About this Book

Who this book is for
What do you need to understand this book

2. MDA - Industrialization of Software Manufacturing

Introduction

Weaving Industry
Software Industry

OMG Model-Driven Architecture

A Survey of Standards
MDA: Long Term Vision

3. openMDX: An Advanced MDA Framework

Platform-Independence
Plugins - Programming by Contract
Generative PSM-to-PSM mapping is not required
PSM modeling is not required

4. Conclusion

Bibliography

List of Figures
2-1. openMDX architecture overview.
2-2. EJB deployment of openMDX-based application.
2-3. In-process deployment of openMDX-based application.
2-4. .NET deployment of openMDX-based application.
2-5. Early stages of the weaving industry.
2-6. The Jacquard loom was smashed to pieces and burned.
2-7. The Textile Factory.
2-8. Software industry with partially automated 'weaving loom'.
2-9. Software industry with fully automated 'weaving loom'.
2-10. OMG Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) approach.
2-11. XMI representation of MOF-compatible models.
2-12. The OMG four layers standard modeling stack.
2-13. Relationship between standards.
2-14. Overview Java Data Objects (JDO).
3-1. Separating development from runtime environment.
3-2. Binding- and platform-specific application-logic.
3-3. CORBA- and EJB-specific parts of an application.
3-4. Levels of platform-independence.
3-5. Programming by contract. A client calls a supplier.
3-6. From simple plugins to complex applications.
3-7. Generative MDA development process.
3-8. openMDX MDA development process.
3-9. Implementing MDA with the generative approach.

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