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SLE 2009: Software Language Engineering pp 164–173Cite as

Integration of Data Validation and User Interface Concerns in a DSL for Web Applications

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Data validation rules constitute the constraints that data input and processing must adhere to in addition to the structural constraints imposed by a data model. Web modeling tools do not address data validation concerns explicitly, hampering full code generation and model expressivity. Web application frameworks do not offer a consistent interface for data validation. In this paper, we present a solution for the integration of declarative data validation rules with user interface models in the domain of web applications, unifying syntax, mechanisms for error handling, and semantics of validation checks, and covering value well-formedness, data invariants, input assertions, and action assertions. We have implemented the approach in WebDSL, a domain-specific language for the definition of web applications.

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  1. Software Engineering Research Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

    Danny M. Groenewegen & Eelco Visser

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  1. Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Software Engineering and Technology, Univeristy of Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Mark van den Brand

  2. School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, 1 University Drive, T9S 3A3, Athabasca, AB, Canada

    Dragan Gašević

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama, P.O. Box 870290, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    Jeff Gray

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Groenewegen, D.M., Visser, E. (2010). Integration of Data Validation and User Interface Concerns in a DSL for Web Applications. In: van den Brand, M., Gašević, D., Gray, J. (eds) Software Language Engineering. SLE 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5969. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12107-4_13

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