SM@RT: Representing run-time system data as MOF-compliant models

Runtime models represent the dynamic data of running systems, and enable developers to manipulate the data in an abstract, model-based way. This paper presents SM@RT, a tool that help realize runtime models on a wide class of systems. Receiving a meta-model specifying the target system's data type and an API description specifying how to manipulate the data, SM@RT automatically generates the synchronizer to maintain the runtime model for this system. ? 2010 ACM.EI