A framework for supporting the context-aware mobile application development process
Débora Stefanello, Denivaldo Lopes · 2017
This paper presents a framework based on Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) and Weaving for supporting the context-aware application development process. In the last past years, some researches have taken into account the problematics related to pervasive application development process, e.g. Model-driven development of composite context-aware web applications and a service-oriented middleware for building context-aware services. We propose a solution to solve the problems related to and integration of different platforms in the development process. The framework based on MDE allows using models to manage the complexity in the software development process, while weaving technique supports to make the interrelationships of some models in a complementary way. A PIM allows expressing the business logic, while a PDM allows to express aspects such as Context, Security and Distribution. The relationships between the PIM and PDMs are made by means of weaving model. An illustrative example helps to understand how the proposed framework supports the context-aware application development process.