uvllang 0.1.1

Parser for Universal Variability Language (UVL) with CNF conversion support

uvllang

A Python parser for the Universal Variability Language (UVL). Based on ANTLR4, adopted from https://github.com/Universal-Variability-Language/uvl-parser.

Installation

pip install uvllang

Usage

Parsing

from uvllang.main import UVL

# Parse a UVL file
model = UVL(from_file="examples/automotive01.uvl")

# Access features
print(f"Number of features:", len(model.features))

# Access constraints
print("All constraints:", len(model.constraints))
print("Boolean constraints:", len(model.boolean_constraints))
print("Arithmetic constraints:", len(model.arithmetic_constraints))

CNF Conversion

Convert feature models to Conjunctive Normal Form (CNF) for SAT solvers:

from uvllang.main import UVL

# Parse UVL file
model = UVL(from_file="model.uvl")

# Convert to CNF (returns PySAT CNF object)
cnf = model.to_cnf()
cnf.to_file("output.dimacs")

Command Line Interface

uvl2cnf --help

# Basic conversion
uvl2cnf model.uvl

# Specify output file
uvl2cnf model.uvl output.dimacs

# Verbose mode (lists ignored constraints)
uvl2cnf model.uvl -v

Dependencies

• antlr4-python3-runtime: ANTLR4 parser runtime
• sympy: Symbolic mathematics for Boolean constraint processing
• python-sat: SAT solver library for CNF handling

Testing

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e .[dev]

# Run tests
python -m pytest tests/

Development

# Generate parsers from grammar files
python generate_parsers.py

# Build package
python build_package.py

# Or build manually
python -m build

Citation

If you use UVL in your research, please cite:

@article{UVL2024,
  title     = {UVL: Feature modelling with the Universal Variability Language},
  journal   = {Journal of Systems and Software},
  volume    = {225},
  pages     = {112326},
  year      = {2025},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2024.112326},
  author    = {David Benavides and Chico Sundermann and Kevin Feichtinger and José A. Galindo and Rick Rabiser and Thomas Thüm}
}

Links

• UVL Models Repository
• UVL Website