Extracting platform independent models from composite applications

A system for extracting a platform independent model (PIM) from a composite application, comprising:

• a computing network including a processing device in communication with one or more computer memory storage devices;
• a module that identifies existing implementation artifacts of the composite application;
• a module that transforms the identified implementation artifacts for generating a platform specific model (PSM), wherein generating a PSM includes one or more transformations between the implementation artifacts and one or more meta-models of the PSM;
• and
• a module that transforms the PSM into a PIM, wherein the PIM includes one or more transformations between the one or more meta-models of the PSM and one or more meta-models of the PIM.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer readable computer program code for extracting a platform independent model (PIM) from a composite application;
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• instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method further including:
• identifying existing implementation artifacts of the composite application;
• transforming the identified implementation artifacts for generating a platform specific model (PSM), wherein generating a PSM includes one or more transformations between the implementation artifacts and one or more meta-models of the PSM;
• and
• transforming the PSM for generating a PIM, wherein generating a PIM includes one or more transformations between the one or more meta-models of the PSM and one or more meta-models of the PIM.