Collaborative Modeling Framework

This modeling framework uses the MetaDepth framework to model and generate collaborative Android applications. The following modeling components are included in the framework:

• Chat component
• Dropbox component
• Foursquare component
• Geo component
• List component
• Login component
• SMS component
• Timer component
• Twitter component

The chat, dropbox, list and login components can communicate with a server written in Node.js. Both the components and the server can be modeled, after which an Android client and a Node.js server implementation will be generated.

Requirements

You can download the modeling framework from this Github repository. Dependencies:

• Node.js
• Java JDK
• Android SDK 8
• Metadepth

Getting started

In the samples directory, you can find several example models that will generate working Android applications. To initiate Metadepth, use the following script

set DIR "collaborative/"
load "samples/collaborative"
context myApp
load EGL "templates/egl/codeGenServer.egl"
load EGL "templates/egl/codeGen.egl"
quit

and execute

java -jar metaDepth.jar < script

The variable DIR, the samples file and the context have to be set manually depending on the example that should be generated.

Contributors

• Philip De Smedt (author of the modeling framework)

• Juan de Lara (author of Metadepth and co-promotor of my thesis)

• Esther Guerra (author of Metadepth)

• Hans Vangheluwe (promotor of my thesis)

• Bart Meyers (PhD candidate at University of Antwerp and co-guide for my thesis :-))