Auto-generation and configuration of visual modeling language editor

Visual modeling language is a language, which uses graphics to describe the system or software, while visual modeling language editor provides support tool for it. The common between visual modeling language editors make it possible to use auto-generation and configuration. Based on years' theory research and development experience on visual modeling language editor, a framework of visual modeling language editor development, which uses auto-generation combined with configuration, was proposed to support rapid development of editor. A description method of visual modeling language RM was defined, which supports static semantics. In RM, regular-based formalization description method is used to describe the syntax of visual modeling language and the features of editor, while the MOF (meta object facility) is used to describe the static semantics. Finally, the development environment Veda was designed and implemented, which verified the feasibility of framework and description method.