Composition of Non-functional Concerns

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for composing non-functional concerns to be implemented with an application, operations comprising:

• receiving a requirements model, the requirements model defining a plurality of non-functional requirements and non-functional attributes associated with the non-functional requirements;
• for each non-functional attribute provided in the requirements model, identifying one or more actions, properties of each action of the one or more actions and interdependencies between actions of the one or more actions to provide an action model;
• defining an action composition model based on the action model, the action composition model defining orders of execution of actions and one or more activities, each activity of the one or more activities comprising a plurality of actions;
• defining an action mapping model, the action mapping model mapping one or more of actions and activities to the application;
• generating computer-executable code based on the action mapping model, the computer-executable code being executable to provide a non-functional concern;
• and
• storing the computer-executable code in computer-readable memory.

A system, comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the computing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for composing non-functional concerns to be implemented with an application, operations comprising:
• receiving a requirements model, the requirements model defining a plurality of non-functional requirements and non-functional attributes associated with the non-functional requirements;
• for each non-functional attribute provided in the requirements model, identifying one or more actions, properties of each action of the one or more actions and interdependencies between actions of the one or more actions to provide an action model;
• defining an action composition model based on the action model, the action composition model defining orders of execution of actions and one or more activities, each activity of the one or more activities comprising a plurality of actions;
• defining an action mapping model, the action mapping model mapping one or more of actions and activities to the application;
• generating computer-executable code based on the action mapping model, the computer-executable code being executable to provide a non-functional concern;
• and
• storing the computer-executable code in computer-readable memory.