We are happy to provide the ninth release of the Kiel Integrated Environment for Layout Eclipse Rich Client! It is a framework for enhanced user interaction in graphical modeling basing on the Eclipse platform. This being a pre-release it provides some basic core contributions as listed below. The full user experience will follow in upcoming releases. For known shortcomings and problems also see below.
You can either download the Rich Client Application (RCA) which is a self-contained application bundled with everything you need to run KIELER, or you can install the single KIELER features via an update site on top of your own Eclipse installation (Eclipse 4.3 "Kepler" required).
The 0.9.0 release comes with major changes as we replaced our GMF based SyncCharts editor by a new Xtext based SCCharts editor (see below).
Here's a list of the most prominent new features provided with version 0.9.0:
SCCharts replace SyncCharts
The following features were shipping with version 0.7.0, but are not included in version 0.8.0 anymore:
The 0.9.0 release provides examples you can add and play around with. You can start with an example by doing one of the following things:
Start with the SCT language using the following ABO example:
@VHLayout scchart ABO { input output bool A; input output bool B; output bool O1; output bool O2; region: initial state Init --> WaitAB immediate with / O1 = false; O2 = false; state WaitAB { region HandleA: initial state WaitA --> DoneA immediate with A / B = true; O1 = true; final state DoneA; region HandleB: initial state WaitB --> DoneB with B / O1 = true; final state DoneB; } >-> GotAB with / O1 = false; O2 = true; state GotAB; } |
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variable or by specifying the path to your JVM executable in your eclipse.ini file, using the -vm option, as explained on this page.Project Status with Release 0.9.0
Extension | Progress | Released | |
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SCCharts Editor (*.sct) | Implemented and tested | 0.9.0 | |
SCG Editor | Implemented and tested | 0.9.0 | |
SCL Editor | Implementation not yet finished | planned for 0.10.0 | |
Extended 2 Core SCCharts | Implemented, not yet fully tested | 0.9.0 | |
Core 2 Normalized SCCharts | Implemented, not yet fully tested (some known bugs) | 0.9.0 | |
Normalized SCCharts 2 SCG | Implemented, not yet fully tested (some known bugs) | 0.9.0 | |
SCG 2 Sequential SCG | Implemented and partly tested, straightforward scheduler for 0.9.0 release, enhanced scheduler planned for 0.10.0 release. | 0.9.0 | |
SCG 2 C | Implemented by transformation via common S language (this can also be translated into Java -> SJL) | 0.9.0 | |
Simulation | A full featured simulation is currently being developed | planned for 0.10.0 |
We're working hard to make the graphical modeling user experience as convenient as possible. However, bugs can still remain in the code and some things might not be as you would expect them. Please don't hesitate to send in bug reports or give other comments like feature requests.
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