FeatureIDE: An Extensible Framework for Feature-Oriented Software Development

kaestner@cs.cmu.edu (T. Thüm, C. Kästner, F. Benduhn, J. Meinicke, G. Saake, T. Leich)
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Thomas Thüm, Christian Kästner, Fabian Benduhn, Jens Meinicke, Gunter Saake, and Thomas Leich. FeatureIDE: An Extensible Framework for Feature-Oriented Software Development. Science of Computer Programming (SCP), Special Issue on Experimental Software and Toolkits, 79:70--85, 2014.

FeatureIDE is an open-source framework for feature-oriented software development (FOSD) based on Eclipse. FOSD is a paradigm for the construction, customization, and synthesis of software systems. Code artifacts are mapped to features, and a customized software system can be generated given a selection of features. The set of software systems that can be generated is called a software product line (SPL). FeatureIDE supports several FOSD implementation techniques such as feature-oriented programming, aspect-oriented programming, delta-oriented programming, and preprocessors. All phases of FOSD are supported in FeatureIDE, namely domain analysis, requirements analysis, domain implementation, and software generation.