Coupling architectural and implementation/behavioral models of a computer-based system

A method for coupling architectural and implementation/behavioral models of a computer-based system, the method comprising:

• creating a bridge element;
• defining a port of the bridge element;
• associating the port of the bridge element with a port of an implementable element of an architectural model of a computer-based system and a port of an implementation element of an implementation/behavioral model of the computer-based system;
• mapping an interface member of the implementation element port to an interface member of the implementable element port;
• generating, from a template, skeleton source code applicable for the mapped interface member;
• generating a usage description element for the architectural model corresponding to the mapped interface member;
• generating an architectural description document from the architectural model;
• generating implementation code from the implementation/behavioral model and the generated skeleton source code;
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• generating a declaration file for an operating system service for use by the implementation code.

A computer program product for coupling architectural and implementation/behavioral models of a computer-based system, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-readable program code, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to perform:

• creating a bridge element,
• defining a port of the bridge element,
• associating the port of the bridge element with a port of an implementable element of an architectural model of a computer-based system and a port of an implementation element of an implementation/behavioral model of the computer-based system,
• mapping an interface member of the implementation element port to an interface member of the implementable element port,
• generating, from a template, skeleton source code applicable for the mapped interface member,
• generating a usage description element for the architectural model corresponding to the mapped interface member,
• generating an architectural description document from the architectural model,
• generating implementation code from the implementation/behavioral model and the generated skeleton source code, and
• generating a declaration file for an operating system service for use by the implementation code.