Papyrus-RT/Releases/Neon v0.8 Release Notes

Release Notes - v0.8 - Build up the structure!

Focus

This release focused on the modeling of the UML-RT's structural aspects (e.g., capsule, protocol) and on the improvement of the structure modeling user experience!

Who is it for?

The following actors were considered for this release's work.

• Academia
  • Teaching
  • Research
• Early evaluators
  • Basic UML-RT usage, concentrating on structure modeling
• DSML Toolsmiths
  • Creation of Papyrus-RT based DSLs (Domain Specific Languages)

Features

the following features were addressed by this release.

• Parity of capabilities between model explorer and diagrams
  • Work in either the model explorer or a diagram
• Capsule-based structural Modeling
  • Ports
    • All UML-RT port types supported
  • Capsule parts
    • • All UML-RT part types supported
  • Connectors
    • • UML-RT connectors aligned with UML types
  • Layout
    • Automated port and part layout
  • Protocols
    • Multi-parameter protocol messages
      • New table-base protocol editor
• Structure Collaborative modeling
  • Ability to compare and merge native Papyrus-RT DSL structures
• State Machines (basic groundwork - to be completed in v0.9)
  • Layout improvements
  • Basic hierarchical state machine (to be completed in v0.9)
  • Enhanced trigger selection dialog
  • Ability to edit C++ opaque behavior in a CDT editor
• Language support
  • Basic model-level language support - assignment of a language, e.g., C++, a the model
    • Automatically adds imports to the required profiles and libraries
  • Support for C++
    • Language-specific code editor for C++ models using a CDT view
    • C++ Property sets
    • C++ Code generation
    • C++ Runtime
      • Basic runtime-based tracing and information output
      • Enhanced cmake-based builds
• Platform support
  • Linux
  • Preliminary Windows/Cygwin support (to be completed in subsequent releases)
  • Preliminary MacOS support (to be completed in subsequent releases)
• From Papyrus
  • UML sequence diagrams

Bugs Fixed

185 bugs were fixed as part of this release! The complete list can be found by following this link: Papyrus-RT v0.8 Bugs