Synthesizing ROOM Models from Message Sequence Chart Specifications
Stefan Leue, Lars Mehrmann, Mohammad Rezai · KOPS (University of Konstanz) · 1998
Message Sequence Chart (MSC) specifications have found their way into many software engineering methodologies and CASE tools, in particular in the area of telecommunications and concurrent real-time systems. MSC specifications often represent early life-cycle requirements and high-level design specifications. We are considering terating and branching MSC specifications according to ITU-T Recommendation Z.120. We show how these specifications can be analyzed with respect to their software architectural content, induding structure and bchavior. We present algorithms for the automated synthesis of Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling (ROOM) models from MSC specifications and discuss their implementation in the MESA toolset. The automation of the synthesis contributes to making the transition from high-level, message exchange-oriented views to the level of a full life-cycle architecture description more efficient and reliable. This means that we are contributing to making Z.120 MSC specifications more useful in the software engineering process.