Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499

Michael Oberlehner; Bianca Wiesmayr; Hafiyyan Fadhlillah; Alois Zoitl

doi:10.5220/0011683800003402

Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499

LIT Cyber-Physical Systems Lab

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

Abstract

Errors of textual programming languages are usually detected by the compiler. These errors are then visualized by the IDE and made available to the developer. This paper is intended to show a novel approach to also propagate errors in visual programming languages to the developer. We analyzed the visual block-based language of IEC 61499 and implemented an error visualization mechanism in the Eclipse-based IDE 4diac. As IEC 61499 is a Domain-Specific Modeling Language (DSML) that includes a type system, we also implemented a mechanism for detecting inconsistencies. With this approach, it is possible to work on broken applications, giving developers the opportunity to fix them in a graphical editor. Furthermore, inconsistencies that lead to errors are now displayed rather than being hidden from the developer and hard to detect.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023)
Editors	Francisco José Domínguez Mayo, Luís Ferreira Pires, Edwin Seidewitz
Pages	143-151
Number of pages	9
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0011683800003402
Publication status	Published - 2023

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development
Volume	1
ISSN (Electronic)	2184-4348

Fields of science

202003 Automation
102022 Software development
202017 Embedded systems
202041 Computer engineering
102029 Practical computer science
102025 Distributed systems
102 Computer Sciences

JKU Focus areas

Digital Transformation

Access to Document

10.5220/0011683800003402

Cite this

Oberlehner, M., Wiesmayr, B., Fadhlillah, H., & Zoitl, A. (2023). Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499. In F. J. Domínguez Mayo, L. F. Pires, & E. Seidewitz (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023) (Vol. 1, pp. 143-151). (International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development; Vol. 1). https://doi.org/10.5220/0011683800003402

Oberlehner, Michael ; Wiesmayr, Bianca ; Fadhlillah, Hafiyyan et al. / Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023). editor / Francisco José Domínguez Mayo ; Luís Ferreira Pires ; Edwin Seidewitz. Vol. 1 2023. pp. 143-151 (International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development).

@inproceedings{504d12d32e5c44829323c01fd4688042,

title = "Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499",

abstract = "Errors of textual programming languages are usually detected by the compiler. These errors are then visualized by the IDE and made available to the developer. This paper is intended to show a novel approach to also propagate errors in visual programming languages to the developer. We analyzed the visual block-based language of IEC 61499 and implemented an error visualization mechanism in the Eclipse-based IDE 4diac. As IEC 61499 is a Domain-Specific Modeling Language (DSML) that includes a type system, we also implemented a mechanism for detecting inconsistencies. With this approach, it is possible to work on broken applications, giving developers the opportunity to fix them in a graphical editor. Furthermore, inconsistencies that lead to errors are now displayed rather than being hidden from the developer and hard to detect.",

author = "Michael Oberlehner and Bianca Wiesmayr and Hafiyyan Fadhlillah and Alois Zoitl",

year = "2023",

doi = "10.5220/0011683800003402",

language = "English",

isbn = "978-989-758-633-0",

volume = "1",

series = "International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development",

pages = "143--151",

editor = "\{Dom{\'i}nguez Mayo\}, \{Francisco Jos{\'e}\} and Pires, \{Lu{\'i}s Ferreira\} and Edwin Seidewitz",

booktitle = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023)",

}

Oberlehner, M , Wiesmayr, B, Fadhlillah, H & Zoitl, A 2023, Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499. in FJ Domínguez Mayo, LF Pires & E Seidewitz (eds), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023). vol. 1, International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, vol. 1, pp. 143-151. https://doi.org/10.5220/0011683800003402

Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499. / Oberlehner, Michael ; Wiesmayr, Bianca; Fadhlillah, Hafiyyan et al.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023). ed. / Francisco José Domínguez Mayo; Luís Ferreira Pires; Edwin Seidewitz. Vol. 1 2023. p. 143-151 (International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499

AU - Oberlehner, Michael

AU - Wiesmayr, Bianca

AU - Fadhlillah, Hafiyyan

AU - Zoitl, Alois

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Errors of textual programming languages are usually detected by the compiler. These errors are then visualized by the IDE and made available to the developer. This paper is intended to show a novel approach to also propagate errors in visual programming languages to the developer. We analyzed the visual block-based language of IEC 61499 and implemented an error visualization mechanism in the Eclipse-based IDE 4diac. As IEC 61499 is a Domain-Specific Modeling Language (DSML) that includes a type system, we also implemented a mechanism for detecting inconsistencies. With this approach, it is possible to work on broken applications, giving developers the opportunity to fix them in a graphical editor. Furthermore, inconsistencies that lead to errors are now displayed rather than being hidden from the developer and hard to detect.

AB - Errors of textual programming languages are usually detected by the compiler. These errors are then visualized by the IDE and made available to the developer. This paper is intended to show a novel approach to also propagate errors in visual programming languages to the developer. We analyzed the visual block-based language of IEC 61499 and implemented an error visualization mechanism in the Eclipse-based IDE 4diac. As IEC 61499 is a Domain-Specific Modeling Language (DSML) that includes a type system, we also implemented a mechanism for detecting inconsistencies. With this approach, it is possible to work on broken applications, giving developers the opportunity to fix them in a graphical editor. Furthermore, inconsistencies that lead to errors are now displayed rather than being hidden from the developer and hard to detect.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105001871751

U2 - 10.5220/0011683800003402

DO - 10.5220/0011683800003402

M3 - Conference proceedings

SN - 978-989-758-633-0

VL - 1

T3 - International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development

SP - 143

EP - 151

BT - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023)

A2 - Domínguez Mayo, Francisco José

A2 - Pires, Luís Ferreira

A2 - Seidewitz, Edwin

ER -

Oberlehner M , Wiesmayr B, Fadhlillah H, Zoitl A. Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499. In Domínguez Mayo FJ, Pires LF, Seidewitz E, editors, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023). Vol. 1. 2023. p. 143-151. (International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development). doi: 10.5220/0011683800003402

Visualizing errors and inconsistencies in the DSML IEC 61499

Abstract

Publication series

Fields of science

JKU Focus areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this