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The Components
The software package "Astade" consists of a lot of separate
programs (components). Each will be described here:
Astade
This is the main part of the package. All model changes are done with that
program. You can add and remove model elements with that component. And, of
course, see all the model elements.
At the end, this component is a specialized directory viewer, because each
model element will be mapped to an element in the file structure of the
operating system. Elements which can contain other elements (like classes) are
directories. Elements which don't contain other elements (like attributes) are
files.
All files are text files in the wxWidgets
.ini format.
If you'd like to see some screenshots, you'll find them here.
FeatureDialog
Every model element has a configuration dialog (feature dialog). In that
dialog you can modify the features of the model element. So there are a lot of
components which allow the modification of a specific model element.
That means there is a component for every model element (which actually
edits the corresponding .ini file).
OMDView
The OMDView generates text files in the .dot format from any point of the
model tree. These files are interpreted by graphviz and converted into object
model diagrams.
CDView
The CDView generates text files in the .dot format from any point of the
model tree. These files are interpreted by graphviz and converted into component
diagrams.
The Code Generator takes a directory (which is actually a class from the model
point of view) and all files and subdirectories with all the .ini stuff and generates
a valid .cpp and .h file in it.
Because each model element has also a "comment", the CodeGenerator
writes well documented and doxygen
compatible source.
MakefileGenerator
There are model elements which are called "components". At the end
they are lists of classes which shall exist in a certain binary (program or
lib). The MakefileGenerator use these list and generates a Makefile, so that
"make" will be able to generate the component (the program).
Reporter
The Reporter reads also the model elements called "component" and
generates a project file for doxygen.
Because the source files are already well documented, the documentation of the
program is ready too.
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