VIATRA/Releases/NewAndNoteworthy1.3
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VIATRA 1.3 - New and Noteworthy
Neon compatibility
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Query development environment update
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Query-by-Example: Create queries based on selected model elements
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Model transformation debugger prototype
VIATRA 1.3.0 now features the first prototype of the VIATRA Transformation debugger, which aims at helping the development and debugging of VIATRA-based model transformations.
Feature Summary
The VIATRA Transformation Debugger fields the following main features:
- Allow the transformation developer to observe the inner state of the given VIATRA transformation and the associated model instances.
- Displays the model instances associated with the transformation in a tree view with Properties support.
- Displays the active activations of the model transformation using a contemporary Eclipse view.
- Displays the precondition parameters of the next activation to be executed using the Eclipse Variables view.
- Allows the transformation developer to control the execution of the VIATRA model transformation.
- Supports the definition of various VIATRA transformation specific breakpoints, which integrate with the Eclipse Debug framework.
- The user can control the execution of the transformation via the standard Eclipse Debugging controls (Step over (F6), Resume (F8)).
- The user can define which transformation rule activaton should be executed next, overriding the default decision bade by the transformation.
- Integrates with the Eclipse Debug framework.
It should be noted, that the debugger is currently a prototype, therefore it has some known limitations. In its current state, the debugger only supports the debugging of VIATRA transformations that run in the same JVM as the debgger itself. Intef-JVM communication will be introduced in future versions, so stay tuned.
User's guide
A detailed user's guide is part of the main VIATRA documentation and can be accessed via the following link: http://static.incquerylabs.com/projects/viatra/viatra-docs/ViatraDocs.html#_viatra_debugger
Other issues
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