Overviews (Domain-Specific Language Tools)

This section provides conceptual and terminology overviews for Domain-Specific Language Tools, which you can use to design graphical languages and generate code and other artifacts from those domain-specific languages. These overviews include important conceptual information about domain models, models, derived elements and relationships, and an in-depth discussion of domain relationships.

In This Section

• Overview of Domain-Specific Language Tools
  Explains the purpose and high-level workflow of Domain-Specific Language Tools.

• Domain-Specific Language Designer Terminology Overview
  Illustrates and defines terminology for the Domain-Specific Language Designer, DSL Explorer, and the DSL Details window.

• Overview of Domain Models
  Describes the concept of a domain model, which you define using the Domain-Specific Language Designer Wizard.

• Overview of Models
  Describes the concept of a model, which is an instance of a domain model and that you use to test and deploy a domain-specific language.

• Overview of Domain Relationships
  Provides important information about domain relationships, including roles and multiplicities.

• Overview of Domain Path Syntax
  Overview of the path syntax that you use between elements in the domain-specific language definition.

• Overview of Tracking Properties
  Describes how you can use tracking properties in the Domain-Specific Language Designer so that one property setting can track and automatically update another.

• Overview of Connection Builders
  Describes the concept of connection builders, which you specify in a domain-specific language definition and that govern how elements are linked in a diagram.

• Overview of Element Merge Directives
  Describes the concept of an element merge directive, which provides instructions to Domain-Specific Language Tools about how to add one element to another. This type of merge action typically occurs when you drag an element off the Toolbox.

• Overview of Derived Classes and Derived Relationships
  Describes how derived elements and relationships are represented in a domain model.

Related Sections

• Domain-Specific Language Tools Glossary
  Defines key terms that are used in the Help for Domain-Specific Language Tools.