Towards a compositional approach to define graphical animation of software applications

Abstract

The PLATUS simulation environment allows for a modular description of simulation models, clearly separating aspects of behavior, statistics and animation. Each component of a model in PLATUS has its own animation interface, that describes when and which messages will be sent to a corresponding animation module. The GENGED environment was originally developed for the visual definition of visual languages and the generation of language-specific graphical editors. Here we extend GENGED in order to define several animation modules which can be connected via animation interfaces to PLATUS modules, allowing for a visual animation of the application being simulated.