Presentation of the ongoing experience of migrating applications to the Cloud in the context of the ARTIST collaborative project by using several different Eclipse-based technologies. At Eclipse DemoCamp Nantes 2015, on February 5th. https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_Winter_2015/Nantes

1. Hugo Bruneliere – AtlanMod Team
(Inria, Mines Nantes & LINA)
@Hub Créatic – 5th of February 2015
Migrating Applications to the Cloud with
Eclipse Technologies:
Feedback from the ARTIST Project

2. Software Migration to the Cloud
Process?
Tools?
Results?
By David Fletcher / CloudTweaks.com

3. The ARTIST EU Project
Facilitating
the transformation
and modernization
of
non-Cloud software
assets & businesses
to
the Cloud

4. The ARTIST EU Project
Project name: Advanced
software-based seRvice
provisioning and migraTIon
of legacy Software
Project type: IP
Duration: 36 months Start date: October 1, 2012
Total budget / Total EC
funding: 9,690,258 euros /
6,953,705 euros
Project Consortium: 10
partners (3 third parties)

5. The ARTIST EU Project

6. The ARTIST EU Project
What is actually
provided?
Where are
Eclipse solutions
involved?
What do the industrial partners say?

7. What ARTIST provides?
Reverse
engineering
Taxonomy
Forward
engineering
CloudML@ARTIST
A catalogue
of Cloud opt.
patterns
Certification
Model
Methodology
A Handbook and
a Methodology Process Tool
2 Toolboxes
Repository
of Artefacts
Feasibility
analysis
Business
Technical
Transformat.
(M2M, M2T) ARTIST Tools

8. ARTIST & Eclipse?
ARTIST Open Source Release and
developed tools mostly Eclipse-based
Support for both Java/JEE and C#/.NET
(via Eclipse – Enterprise Architect
model bridge)
Extensive use of Eclipse Modeling
Framework (EMF) and related
technologies

9. EMF for data/model handling

10. UML & Papyrus for model
exchange/interoperability

11. Xtext & UML Profiles for language
definition (DSLs)
Goal Modeling
Language
CloudML@ARTIST

12. Sirius for graphical modeling
Business Feasibility Tool (BFT)

13. EPF for process modeling
Methodology
Process
Tool (MPT)

14. MoDisco for reverse engineering

15. ATL/Acceleo for model
transformation/code generation

16. BIRT for report generation
Maturity Assessment Tool (MAT)

17. ARTIST: Industrial feedback?

18. Industrial feedback: Atos (Spain)
 MoDisco: reverse engineering (UML class-activity discovery)
 ATL: PIM abstraction, re-architecturing (PIM & PSM levels)
 Acceleo: generation PSM to code
Tsunamis early detection system
ARTIST: migration of the operators
desktop (SWT/Jface) to a webtop
(GWT/GXT)
User interface & data schema

19. Industrial feedback: Atos (Spain)
Benefits Limitations
Automation,
modularity, reusability
at PIM-PSM levels
• Model extraction /
discovery
• Re-engineering /
transformation
• Code generation
• (Model) Extraction of
execution semantics /
behaviors
• Generalization /
abstraction from
different technologies,
frameworks, etc.

20. Industrial feedback: ENGINEERING
(Italy)
 MoDisco: reverse engineering (UML class discovery)
 ATL: PIM abstraction (component models)
 Sirius: Business Feasibility Tool
eGov application – integration of
public administrations’ processes
and data (Java/JEE)
ARTIST: easier deployment of a
PaaS in a Cloud

21. Industrial feedback: ENGINEERING
(Italy)
Benefits Limitations
• Automation (model
discovery on OS
components)
• Structuring approach
(transformation for Cloud
deployment)
• Simplification of
GUI/tooling development
(Sirius – BFT)
• (Model) extraction /
transformation of
behaviors
• Integration with graphical
tools (in some cases)
• Comprehensive
documentation/tutorials
• Customization of pre-
defined features

22. Industrial feedback: Spikes (Belgium)
– MoDisco: reverse engineering (XML-based configuration files)
– UML2: new model discoverers for SharePoint and DBML
– Enterprise Architect – Eclipse bridge: model import/export
– Acceleo: Generation of target platform code + XML files
Business Collaboration Suite (.NET
platform & Microsoft components)
ARTIST: Transformation of on
premise product line solution to
(Azure) PaaS hosted SaaS

23. Industrial feedback: Spikes (Belgium)
Benefits Limitations
• Automation (model
discovery / extraction)
• Visu/inspection
capabilities (model-level)
• Generation features
(M2T)
• Support /experience
with .NET/C#
• Scalability issues on
very big projects (e.g. in
Papyrus)
Distinction between industrial robust components
and more early developments could be improved

24. Industrial feedback: ATC (Greece)
 Eclipse technologies used
– Papyrus: UML model editing
– Enterprise Architect – Eclipse bridge: model
import/export
Media app for news agencies
(.NET-based)
ARTIST: create base app version
Hosted in Cloud environment
Configured for customer needs

25. Industrial feedback: ATC (Greece)
Benefits Limitations
• Automation (model
discovery / extraction)
• Visu/inspection
capabilities (model-level)
•Support /experience
with .NET/C# (modern
constructs)
• Scalability issues on
very big projects (e.g.
compared to Enterprise
Architect)

26. That’s all Folks! Questions?
ARTIST Open Source Package: http://www.artist-
project.eu/open-source-package
Contact: hugo.bruneliere@inria.fr