SyncCharts - A SyncChart-Editor based on Yakindu 

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A SyncChart-Editor based on Yakindu 
last modified by wah
on 2012/10/11 14:08

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:
 1.	adapting the Metamodel for the graphical representation of the state machine models (org.yakindu.sct.model.sgraph)
 1.	Yakindu SCT Metamodel
 2.	KIELER SyncCharts Metamodel
 
 2.	Figures (org.yakindu.sct.ui.editor.editor.figures)
 
 3.	Editparts (org.yakindu.sct.ui.editor.editparts)
 
 4.	Propertysheets (org.yakindu.sct.ui.editor.propertysheets)
 
 5.	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