Improving modularity of interactive software with the MDPC Architecture

Stéphane Conversy (1, 2) , Eric Barboni (2) , David Navarre (2, 3) , Philippe Palanque (2, 4)

1 LII - ENAC - Equipe Informatique Interactive
2 IRIT-ICS - Interactive Critical Systems
3 UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole
4 UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

The "Model - Display view - Picking view - Controller" model is a refinement of the MVC architecture. It introduces the "Picking View" component, which offloads the need from the controller to analytically compute the picked element. We describe how using the MPDC architecture leads to benefits in terms of modularity and descriptive ability when implementing interactive components. We report on the use of the MDPC architecture in a real application : we effectively measured gains in controller code, which is simpler and more focused.

Mots clés: modularity; Model Driven Architecture; interactive software; MVC

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Stéphane Conversy, Eric Barboni, David Navarre, Philippe Palanque. Improving modularity of interactive software with the MDPC Architecture. Joint Working Conference on Engineering Interactive Systems (EIS 2007), Mar 2007, Salamanca, Spain. pp.321-338, ⟨10.1007/978-3-540-92698-6⟩. ⟨hal-01021985⟩