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Model-Driven Generation of Microservice Interfaces: From LEMMA Domain Models to Jolie APIs

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Coordination Models and Languages (COORDINATION 2022)

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We formally define and implement a translation from domain models in the LEMMA modelling framework to microservice APIs in the Jolie programming language. Our tool enables a software development process whereby microservice architectures can first be designed with the leading method of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and then corresponding data types and service interfaces (APIs) in Jolie are automatically generated. Developers can extend and use these APIs as guides in order to produce compliant implementations. Our tool thus contributes to enhancing productivity and improving the design adherence of microservices.

Work partially supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark, grant no. 0135-00219.

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Notes

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    The complete grammar can be found at https://github.com/SeelabFhdo/lemma/blob/main/de.fhdo.lemma.data.datadsl/src/de/fhdo/lemma/data/DataDsl.xtext.

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    https://www.eclipse.org/xtend

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    https://github.com/SeelabFhdo/lemma/tree/main/de.fhdo.lemma.model_processing

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    https://bit.ly/3rTGysX

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  1. Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Saverio Giallorenzo

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  3. University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Fabrizio Montesi & Marco Peressotti

  4. University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Florian Rademacher

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Giallorenzo, S., Montesi, F., Peressotti, M., Rademacher, F. (2022). Model-Driven Generation of Microservice Interfaces: From LEMMA Domain Models to Jolie APIs. In: ter Beek, M.H., Sirjani, M. (eds) Coordination Models and Languages. COORDINATION 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 13271. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08143-9_13

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