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==Eclipse Ganymede compatibility==
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== Ganymede Release ==
  
The ATL Toolkit is now compatible with Eclipse Ganymede (Eclipse 3.4, EMF 2.4).
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The ATL Toolkit is now compatible with Eclipse Ganymede (Eclipse 3.4, EMF 2.4). ATL is still compatible with Eclipse 3.3 and 3.2.  
  
==ANTLR 3.0 support==
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=== Content assist ===
  
The ATL Toolkit is now using ANTLR 3.0. ANTLR 3.0 Runtime has been approved by Eclipse Foundation (see IPzilla CQ 1548, in which this was approved).
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To make model elements completion available, you have to put some information on the top of the file :  
ANTLR 2.X dependency has been removed and ANTLR 3.0 is externalized in a plugin, installed from an [http://www.eclipse.org/orbit/  Orbit] package. From user point of view, this simplifies ATL installation.
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==Language Improvement==
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*'''-- @nsURI''' : the nsURI for a given metamodel, if you want to load a metamodel from the EMF registry,
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*'''-- @path''' : the path of a given metamodel, if you want to dynamically load a metamodel from an ecore file.
  
* Support for specification of source model(s) to match a source element in.  
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Only EMF metamodels are supported. You must specify the relative path of the file into the workspace.  
* It is possible now to define attribute helpers in ATL libraries.
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* allInstances return value has been changed from Set to OrderedSet.
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* A new feature is available : ATL Superimposition. Superimposition allows you to load an ATL transformation module on top of another in your "Run..." configuration. It allows for the superimposing module to import and override matched rules from the module it is superimposed upon. More details are available here: http://wiki.eclipse.org/ATL_Superimposition
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==IDE Improvement==
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Here is the top of an UML2AnyMM transformation :
  
* Added shortcut to comment/uncomment in the ATL Editor
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-- @path AnyMM=/AnyProject/AnyFolder/AnyMM.ecore
[[Image:ATLEditor_shortcut.PNG|frame|right|ATL Editor shorcut]]
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-- @nsURI UML=http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML
* Added option to disable attribute helper cache
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* New execution options are available:
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module Class2Relational;
  * added option to disable attribute helper cache
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create OUT : AnyMM from IN : UML;
  * added notice about stopwatch available only in run mode
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* Added a stopwatch that prints execution times of transformations (see advanced tab)
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-- ...transformation helpers and rules
* A new launch configuration UI is available (contributed by Mikael Barbero). When the ATL file is selected, the launch configuration is pre-filled in. This avoids errors with ATL header section.
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[[Image:ATLIDE_LaunchConfig1.PNG|ATL Launch Configuration - Main tab]]
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[[Image:ATLIDE_LaunchConfig2.PNG|ATL Launch Configuration - Advanced tab]]
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==Developer Improvement==
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Completion is triggered with the Ctrl + space keys, or when typing a space in a context where some content assist is available.
  
* An extension point was created, which enables the invocation of other ATL Virtual Machines from the launch configuration or ATL ant tasks. The list of ATL VM available is located in the advanced tab
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[[Image:ATL content assist.JPG|400px]]
* Added accessor to ATL resourceSet (may, for instance, be used by other tools to access ATL-registered metamodels)
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* Added a Problem target model to the ATL compiler so that it may report problems more appropriately
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=== EMFVM integration ===
* Added location as comment after each bytecode
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* Deprecated the old injector and extractor methods
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A new ATL VM dedicated to EMF has been included in this release, which strongly increase performances. There is still missing features, so there is a page for watch and report developments around the EMFVM : [http://wiki.eclipse.org/ATL_VM_Testing EMFVM testing]. This page show the results of the new ATL regression test, which checks the validity of old transformation by reusing the [http://www.eclipse.org/m2m/atl/atlTransformations/ ATL Transformation Zoo]. The resulting models are compared using [http://wiki.eclipse.org/EMF_Compare EMFCompare]. Non regression is evaluated for parsing, compilation, execution.
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=== ANTLR 3.0 support ===
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The ATL Toolkit is now using ANTLR 3.0. ANTLR 3.0 Runtime has been approved by Eclipse Foundation (see IPzilla CQ 1548, in which this was approved). ANTLR 2.X dependency has been removed and ANTLR 3.0 is externalized in a plugin, installed from an [http://www.eclipse.org/orbit/ Orbit] package. From user point of view, this simplifies ATL installation.
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==Previous New and Noteworthy==
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This [http://wiki.eclipse.org/ATL_2_beta_notes page] shows the ATL improvements when ATL was included in Eclipse as a M2M component.

Latest revision as of 08:27, 19 April 2013

Ganymede Release

The ATL Toolkit is now compatible with Eclipse Ganymede (Eclipse 3.4, EMF 2.4). ATL is still compatible with Eclipse 3.3 and 3.2.

Content assist

To make model elements completion available, you have to put some information on the top of the file :

  • -- @nsURI : the nsURI for a given metamodel, if you want to load a metamodel from the EMF registry,
  • -- @path : the path of a given metamodel, if you want to dynamically load a metamodel from an ecore file.

Only EMF metamodels are supported. You must specify the relative path of the file into the workspace.

Here is the top of an UML2AnyMM transformation :

-- @path AnyMM=/AnyProject/AnyFolder/AnyMM.ecore
-- @nsURI UML=http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML

module Class2Relational;
create OUT : AnyMM from IN : UML;

-- ...transformation helpers and rules

Completion is triggered with the Ctrl + space keys, or when typing a space in a context where some content assist is available.

ATL content assist.JPG

EMFVM integration

A new ATL VM dedicated to EMF has been included in this release, which strongly increase performances. There is still missing features, so there is a page for watch and report developments around the EMFVM : EMFVM testing. This page show the results of the new ATL regression test, which checks the validity of old transformation by reusing the ATL Transformation Zoo. The resulting models are compared using EMFCompare. Non regression is evaluated for parsing, compilation, execution.

ANTLR 3.0 support

The ATL Toolkit is now using ANTLR 3.0. ANTLR 3.0 Runtime has been approved by Eclipse Foundation (see IPzilla CQ 1548, in which this was approved). ANTLR 2.X dependency has been removed and ANTLR 3.0 is externalized in a plugin, installed from an Orbit package. From user point of view, this simplifies ATL installation.

Previous New and Noteworthy

This page shows the ATL improvements when ATL was included in Eclipse as a M2M component.

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