riaps-dsml

RIAPS Modeling Language

Updating version

Edit the updateversion.sh and execute to set the version correctly.

How to use the releases?

• Download the release tar ball to your machine.
• untar it $ tar -xf riapsdsmlplugin.tar.gz
• Add the local folder as an update site to your eclipse.
  • Open Eclipse --> Help --> Install New Software -- Add... --> Local...
  • Browse to location of untar-ed release and click ok.
  • install the available plugins.

Creating a release

• From edu.vanderbilt.riaps.system.parent/edu.vanderbilt.riaps.system.repository/target/ directory,

tar -zcvf riapsdsmlplugin-<version>.tar.gz repository/

• Transfer tar file to release server

Setup system before development

• System setup

    $ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64
    $ apt-get install maven

• Eclipse Plugins to install
  • Using Help --> Install New Software ... --> Work with: 2019-09 - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/2019-09 (from dropdown)
    • in "type filter text" box search for : m2e – Extensions Development Support
  • Using Help --> Eclipse Marketplace ...
    • Eclipse Xtext 2.19.0 and Eclipse Xtend 2.19.0

To start with the development

• Clone the git repository

• Run the mvn build inside edu.vanderbilt.riaps.system.parent project directory. This step is necessary to create the src-gen and xtend-gen folders. These folders are not tracked in the git repository because they are generated.

  $ pushd edu.vanderbilt.riaps.system.parent && mvn clean install && popd
  

• Then import the workspace into eclipse.

  • File --> Import --> General --> Projects from Folder or Archive --> Directory
  • browse to project git repository
  • Ensure that you select the option for searching for nested projects.

• Once you have imported the project into workspace, start compiling the projects in the following sequence

  1. edu.vanderbilt.riaps.app
  • Expand the project selection to edu.vanderbilt.riaps.app->src->edu.vanderbilt.riaps->GenerateApp.mwe2
  • Then right click on the mwe2 file and select "Run As --> MWE2 Workflow"
  2. edu.vanderbilt.riaps.system
  • Expand the project selection to edu.vanderbilt.riaps.system->src->edu.vanderbilt.riaps->GenerateSystem.mwe2
  • Then right click on the mwe2 file and select "Run As --> MWE2 Workflow"

To use the language

• Right click edu.vanderbilt.riaps.app or edu.vanderbilt.riaps.system
• Run As --> Eclipse Application
• In new Eclipse environment
  • File --> Open Projects from File System... --> Directory
  • Browse to git repository --> examples --> example_Weather_Monitor --> OK --> Finish If everything worked correctly the riaps example models will have syntax highlighting and autocomplete among other useful features.

Note: When releasing this tool, version number needs updating in many different places