Context Aware Reconfiguration in Software Product Lines

Software Product Lines (SPLs) are a mechanism for largescale reuse where families of related software systems are represented in terms of commonalities and variabilities, e.g., using Feature Models (FMs). While FMs define all possible configurations of the SPL, when considering dynamic SPLs not every possible configuration may be valid in all possible contexts. Unfortunately, common FMs can not capture this context dependence. In this paper, we remedy this problem by extending attributed FMs with Validity Formulas (VFs) that constrain the selection of a particular feature to a specific context and that are located directly within the FM. We provide a reconfiguration engine that checks if the active configuration is valid in the current context and, if not, computes how to reconfigure it. Furthermore, we present our implementation and demonstrate its feasibility within a case study derived from scenarios of our industry partner in the automotive domain.