Task: Perform Feature to Design Mapping

SPL Task for Domain Engineering

Purpose

The purpose of this task is to map the commonalities and variabilities (i.e. features) to the MAS artifacts already developed.

Relationships

Roles	Primary Performer: MAS Designer	Additional Performers: System Analyst
Inputs	Mandatory: [ Domain Engineering MAS Components Analysis slot] [Domain Engineering MAS Components Design slot] [Domain Modeling slot]	Optional: [ Domain Engineering Feature Mapping slot]
Outputs	Feature to MAS Components Mapping
Process Usage	MMF Map Commonalaty&Variability to Domain Design Artifacts with Meduse > Map Comm&Variability to Design Artifacts > Perform Feature to Design Mapping Tropos PL Variant 2 > Domain Engineering Iteration 1..n > Domain Design Phase > Map Features to Domain Design Artifacts > Perform Feature to Design Mapping xxxMMF Map Feature Model to Domain Analysis Artifacts > Map Feature Model to Analysis Artifacts > MTV Perform Feature Mapping

Main Description

Examples of these MAS artifacts are the models used to specify MAS components, such as Organizational Model, Agent model, Interaction Model, as well as source codes for MAS these components.

For instance, during Domain Design we can map Features to MAS models, while during Domain Implementation we can map features to MAS components source code.

Usually, the approach for mapping artifacts to features depends on the way adopted for representing variabilities in the artifacts, e.g. Feature orented programming(FOP), Delta oriented programming (DOP), or annotation programming. For instance, in FOP features and artifacts usually are mapped by using the same names, while in DOP features and artifacts are mapped through the application conditions.

This task is inspired on Feature Oriented Software Product Lines Reference.

Steps

Mapping Features to Organization Artifacts

Map the MAS features to the elements of the MAS Organization artifacts provided as input work product in this task, if any.

Examples of these artifacts are the Organization Models, as well as source code for MAS organization.. Example of Organizational models elements are the roles and organizational rules proposed by Gaia.

Maping Features to Agent Artifacts

Map the MAS features to the elements of the MAS Agents artifacts provided as input work product in this task, if any.

Examples of these artifacts are the Agent Models, agent classes, as well as the agent source code.

Mapping Features to Interaction Artifacts

Map the MAS features to the elements of the MAS Interaction artifacts provided as input work product in this task, if any.

Mapping features to Environment Artifacts

Map the MAS features to the elements of the MAS Environment artifacts provided as input work product in this task, if any.

Revising mapped features

Revise mapped features in order to ensure mapping completeness and consistency.