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Overall Architecture

The QVT specification comprises three


different model-to-model transformation
languages.
1. Relations Language
2. Core Language
3. Operational Mappings Language
. The Relations language and the Core
language are declarative
. The Operational Mappings language is
imperative.
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Relations Language:
The Relations language is a
declarative user-friendly
transformation language that is
primarily built around the concept of
object patterns.
QVT Relations language also
defines a simple graphical syntax.
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Core Language:
Core is a small language equally
powerful compared to the Relations
language
Unlike Relations Core does not use
patterns Because of its relative
simplicity, its semantics can be
defined more simply. It is on a lower
level than Relations.
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Operational Mapping Language:
The Operational Mappings language
is the imperative cornerstone of QVT.
Operational Mappings language can
be used in two different ways.
First, it is possible to specify a
transformation purely in the
operational mappings language.
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Alternatively, it is possible to work in
a hybrid mode.
The user then has to specify some
aspects of the transformation in the
Relations (or Core) language, and
implement individual
rules in the Operational Mappings
language as black-box mappings.
QVT Language
Architecture

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