Abstracting transformation for model driven architecture

Software stored in one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media for execution and when executed operable to:

• accept, as a first input at a transformation engine, a data file containing an implementation-independent model written in a modeling language, wherein the implementation-independent model includes one or more inheritable classes each of which includes zero or more attributes and zero or more relationships to another class;
• accept, as a second input at the transformation engine, a configuration file designating as a manageable resource one or more of the inheritable classes included in the implementation-independent model, wherein the manageable resource represents a device having manageable capabilities, and wherein the configuration file identifies one or more of the inheritable classes for exclusion;
• and
• output, at the transformation engine, each designated class as a manageable resource, wherein the manageable resource includes any subclasses by inheritance from the designated class unless excluded in the configuration file.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory comprising computer readable instructions;
• and
• a processor operable to execute the computer readable instructions to:
• accept, as a first input at a transformation engine, a data file containing an implementation-independent model written in a modeling language, wherein the implementation-independent model includes one or more inheritable classes each of which includes zero or more attributes and zero or more relationships to another class;
• accept, as a second input at the transformation engine, a configuration file designating as a manageable resource one or more of the inheritable classes included in the implementation-independent model, wherein the manageable resource represents a device having manageable capabilities, and wherein the configuration file identifies one or more of the inheritable classes for exclusion;
• and
• output, at the transformation engine, each designated class as a manageable resource, wherein the manageable resource includes any subclasses by inheritance from the designated class unless excluded in the configuration file.