Archtype

Masters project on how to annotate source code to make sure that architectural patterns/styles, used to design a system, is upheld in the actual implementation.

Run it

compile the project and then call:

javac -processor com.apkc.archtype.processors.ComponentProcessor -cp ~/path/to/archtype-1.0.jar
path/to/TestController.java path/to/TestView.java path/to/TestModel.java

Annotations

An annotation looks like this

@Component(
	patterns = {@Pattern(name="testMvc",kind = "MVC", role="Controller"), @Pattern(...)}
)

Certain patterns may require meta data, such as layers and presenter-abstraction-control. This can be done by post fixing the role name with the meta data in {}. Like this:

@Component(
	patterns = {@Pattern(name="testLayer",kind = "Layered", role="layer{1}")}
)

where patterns is a list of patterns the component participates in. A pattern consists of a name of the pattern, the kind of the pattern, and the role the components plays in the pattern.

Supported patterns

1. Layers ( Components: Layer{layer#}, Pattern name: Layered)
2. Indirection Layers ( Components: Inlayer{inlayer#}, Pattern name: Indirectionlayer)
3. Model-View-Control ( Components: Model, View, Controller, Pattern name: MVC)
4. Client-Server ( Components: Client, Server, Pattern name: clientserv)
5. Peer-to-Peer ( Components: Peer, Pattern name: peer2peer)
6. Publish-Subscribe ( Components: Producer, SubscriptionManager, Consumer, Pattern name: publishsubscribe)
7. Shared Repository
8. Active Repository
9. Blackboard

Requirements

all extern jars should be placed in lib/ folder.

• alloy

You have to install alloy locally to maven

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=/path/to/alloy4.2.jar -DgroupId=alloy4.2 -DartifactId=alloy4 -Dversion=1.0.0 -Dpackaging=jar

Also make sure that the java jdk and jre are the same by updating and by setting:

export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_13.jdk/Contents/Home"