Table of contents

Acknowledgments

1

Introduction

1.1

Moose in a nutshell

1.2

A brief history of Moose

1.2.1

1996-1999: First infrastructure, meta-model

1.2.2

1999-2003: Interchange formats, visualizations

1.2.3

2003-2007: Generic UI, interchange format, scriptable visualizations

1.2.4

2007-2010: FAMIX 3.0, scriptable browsers, parsing framework, Pharo

1.2.5

2011-2012: Improved browsers and visualization engines, query API

1.3

Why Smalltalk

1.4

Book organization

1.5

About the book

1.6

About the online version of the book

I

Moose externals

2

Installation

3

Running example: ArgoUML 0.28.1

4

Importing and exporting models

4.1

Importing and exporting with MSE

4.2

Importing Smalltalk code

4.3

Importing using external parsers

4.3.1

Importing Java using the VerveineJ external parser

4.3.2

Importing Java and C/C++ using the inFamix external parser

4.4

Others

4.5

Setting the root folder

5

Generic user interface for analysis

5.1

Everything is an entity

5.2

Finding your way through models

6

Visualizing software models

6.1

System Complexity

6.2

Class Blueprint

6.3

Side-by-side duplications

6.4

Namespace and package dependencies

6.5

Enriched dependencies structure matrix

6.6

Name cloud

6.7

Annotation constellation

6.8

Distribution Map

6.9

Multiplication constellation

7

Detecting duplication

7.1

Algorithm

8

Dedicated browsers

8.1

Code browsers

8.2

Multiplication constellation browser

II

Moose internals

9

Architecture

10

Dealing with models

10.1

The Entity

10.2

The Group

10.3

The Model

11

The FAMIX family of meta-models

11.1

The core language-independent meta-model

11.1.1

An incorrect, but useful overview

11.1.2

Types

11.1.3

The invocation

11.1.4

The annotations

11.1.5

Chef

11.2

Meta-model extensions

11.3

The Meta Browser

12

Meta-modeling with Fame

12.1

The FM3 meta-meta-model

12.2

Subject, model, meta-model, meta-meta-model

12.3

Smalltalk integration

13

Annotating with Metanool

14

Writing parsers with PetitParser

14.1

Step by step parsing of MSE

14.1.1

Starting small with parsing names

14.1.2

Manipulating the output of parsing strings and numbers

14.1.3

Dealing with cyclic dependencies when scripting the MSE grammar

14.1.4

Encapsulating the MSE grammar in a class

14.1.5

Testing the MSE grammar class

14.1.6

Creating an MSE parser

14.2

Parsing operators

14.3

Dedicated user interface

15

Painting models with Mondrian

15.1

Painting a small view

15.2

Mondrian architecture

15.3

Putting it all together with scripts

15.3.1

Constructing the graph

15.3.2

Adding nodes

15.3.3

Adding edges

15.3.4

Using layouts

15.3.5

Specifying shapes

15.3.6

Handling interaction

15.3.7

Conventions for Mondrian scripts

15.3.8

Scripting in Mondrian Easel

16

Roassal

17

Drawing diagrams with EyeSee

18

Building browsers with Glamour

18.1

A glimpse of Glamour

18.2

Glamour architecture

18.3

Sketching browsers

18.4

Handling transmissions

18.5

Specifying presentations

18.5.1

Composite presentation

18.5.2

Listing presentations

18.5.3

Text presentation

18.5.4

Label presentation

18.5.5

Smalltalk code presentation

18.5.6

Mondrian presentation

18.5.7

Magritte presentation

18.5.8

Diff presentation

18.5.9

Action list presentation

18.5.10

Dynamic presentation

18.5.11

Custom presentations

18.5.12

EyeSee presentation

18.6

Scripting browsers

18.6.1

Tabulator

18.6.2

Finder

18.6.3

Accumulator

18.6.4

Composing browsers

18.7

Handling actions

18.8

Updating browsers

18.9

Rendering

18.10

Examples

19

Mining data and manipulating graphs

20

Checking and reporting with Arki

20.1

Creating a dedicated report from scratch

21

Importing

22

Development concerns

22.1

Loading the latest development version

22.2

Issue tracker and mailing list

22.3

Nightly builds

23

Automating Moose with AutoMoose

23.1

Installation

23.2

Integrating with Jenkins (Hudson)

III

Moose philosophy

24

Practical and joyful research with Moose

25

Humane assessment with Moose

26

Principles

IV

Appendix

Keyword index

Table of figures

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Acknowledgments

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