VIATRA is an open source model transformation framework, focusing on efficient evaluation of model queries and supports various transformation workflows. This document contains a tutorial for getting started with the query and transformation development.

The tutorial relies on the CPS Demonstrator application. The CPS Demonstrator is specified to cover a usual workflow in Model-driven Engineering, where a system is (1) first described in a source model, then (2) automated model-to-model transformations are used to derive a target model. Finally, (3) model-to-text transformation is performed to generate code from the target domain. In addition, a model generator that can automatically create source domain models can support the correctness testing and performance evaluation of the components. This tutorial uses only a subset of the transformation problem, as its main goal is to illustrate the basics of the VIATRA environment. Consult the original demonstrator for a more complex transformation example.

We expect readers to be familiar with the basics of Eclipse plug-in development, more specifically creating plug-in projects and defining basic UI extensions such as commands. Additionally, we expect a basic understanding of EMF-based modeling. If required, look at the Plug-in development tutorial at http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipsePlugin/article.html or the EMF tutorial at http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseEMF/article.html for a short presentation on these subjects.

This tutorial includes a quick setup guide, then describes both model query development and their usage in the query runtime. Then, both batch and event-driven transformations are covered.

This document is intended only as a short tutorial for the usage of the Query and Transformation capabilities of VIATRA. A more detailed documentation is maintained at http://wiki.eclipse.org/VIATRA.