Research on transformation from UML statechart to interface automata

This paper studies the problem of deriving an interface automata model from UML statechart, in which, interface automata is a formaliged model for describing component behavior in an open system, but there is no universal criterion for deriving behavior from component to construct the model. UML is a widely used modeling standard, yet it is very difficult to apply it to system verification and testing directly for its imprecise semantics. After analyzing the expression ability of the two models, several transformation rules are defined and each step of transformation is described in detail, after that, the approach is illustrated with an example. The paper provides a method for acquiring interface automata and lays the foundation for related research.