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ESEC 1987: ESEC '87 pp 44–54Cite as

Software management constraints and action triggering in the adele program database

Contraintes de Gestion des Logiciels et Declenchement D'Actions dans la Base de Programme Adele

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Abstract

We present in this paper some extensions to the data base of the Adele program. We define the notion of event, and the simple language which allows one to express the association between an event and actions. The actions are executed automatically when the event is raised. It is shown, using examples on recompilation policies, how this simple mechanism can be used to express and enforce the semantics of relations, to control and manage propagation, to easily program software management policies and constraints and finally how such a data base can be used as the kernel of a software engineering environment.

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  1. L.G.I., BP 68, 38402, St Martin D'Heres, France

    N. Belkhatir & J Estublier

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Belkhatir, N., Estublier, J. (1987). Software management constraints and action triggering in the adele program database. In: Nichols, H., Simpson, D. (eds) ESEC '87. ESEC 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 289. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022097

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