SyncCharts - A SyncChart-Editor based on Yakindu

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A SyncChart-Editor based on Yakindu

last modified by wah

on 2012/12/03 14:13

Table of Contents

Project Overview

Yakindu SCT

Yakindu SCT Editor VS KIELER SyncCharts Editor

Yakindu SCT module structure

Customizing Yakindu SCT Editor to SyncCharts

The graphical representation

The textual description language

Project Overview

Project Status:

CURRENTLY NOT UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Responsible:

Christian Motika

Related Theses:

Whabi Haribi, A SyncChart-Editor based on Yakindu, March 2013 (pdf)

Yakindu SCT

YAKINDU Statechart Tools (SCT) is an open source tool for the specification and development of reactive, event-based systems using state machines (Yakindu SCT User Guide).

YAKINDU SCT consists of a graphical tool for editing and provides validation, simulation, and code generators for different target platforms. The tools are provided as Eclipse-plugins and integrate tightly into the IDE (Yakindu SCT Website).

Yakindu SCT Editor VS KIELER SyncCharts Editor

Comparison of the graphical representation

Comparison of the textual description language

The KIELER textual SyncCharts

Interfaces declarations

Transitions priorities

Yakindu SCT module structure

See Yakindu Wiki

Customizing Yakindu SCT Editor to SyncCharts

Two steps are required to adapt the Yakindu SCT Editor to the SyncCharts syntax:

adapting the graphical representation (sgraph + ui)

adapting the textual description language (stext)

The graphical representation

To adapt the graphical representation, several steps are required:

adapting the Metamodel for the graphical representation of the state machine models (org.yakindu.sct.model.sgraph)

Yakindu SCT Metamodel

KIELER SyncCharts Metamodel

Figures (org.yakindu.sct.ui.editor.editor.figures)

Editparts (org.yakindu.sct.ui.editor.editparts)

Propertysheets (org.yakindu.sct.ui.editor.propertysheets)

The palette (org.yakindu.sct.ui.editor/plugin.xml)

Experimentations

How to modify Initial and Finial States in Yakindu SCT Editor

How to add Transition Types in Yakindu SCT Editor

The textual description language

Yakindu: The textual description language is used to declare and describe behaviors in the state machine.

Yakindu-SCCharts textual desciption language.

Project progress