Chapter 7. Developing Model-to-Text Transformations
Working with domain-specific languages (DSLs) in the form of their abstract syntax, concrete syntax, and Model-to-Model Transformations (M2M) is great, but what we typically want to derive is a working software application, a database schema, or even some documentation from our models. This is where Model-to-Text Transformations (M2T) come into play. We typically generate code in the form of some general-purpose programming language such as Java, or even output HTML from our model instances.
As touched upon in Chapter 6, “Developing Model-to-Model Transformations,” considerations must be made when selecting a transformation technology, both M2M and M2T. Either or both can fulfill your needs, ...
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