2.2. System Design View

The system design view is used to prepare the communication objects that components use for interacting with others through services. Communication objects are grouped to communication object repositories, that name a group of communication objects. To create a new communication/coordination repository project, select "File->New->SmartSoft Communication/Coordination Repository" (cf. figure 2.7), enter a name and choose a storage location. Typically the project is stored at "$SMART_ROOT_ACE/src/interfaceClasses" and its name starts with "Comm" followed by the name of the repository.

Create a new Communication/Coordination Project

Figure 2.7. Create a new Communication/Coordination Project


Existing SmartSoft communication/coordination projects can be imported by selecting "File->Import". In the appearing dialog choose "General->Existing Projects into Workspace". See section "Starting for the first time" for more information.

The created project contains two different models. A communication objects model (file *.comm) and a Parameters model (file *.pardef). These models are located in the model-folder of the project.

2.2.1. Project Structure

Communication/coordination projects contain various folders and files. For the development of communication objects and parameters the following are important:

  • build: Directory for compiling source code using cmake. This directory should not be versioned.

  • bin: Temporary, toolchain internal folder. This directory should not be versioned.

  • model: The model folder contains the textual models of the communication objects and parameters.

  • src: After the code generation this folder contains user-specific source code for custom user-functions. For advanced users only (e.g. if you want to implement custom and complex access methods).

  • src-gen: The src-gen folder contains source-code that is generated by the SmartSoftMDSD toolchain. Please do not modify these files, they will be overwritten each time the toolchain generator is run.

  • CMakeLists.txt: This file is used to change the default cmake behavior or to add additional libraries and dependencies. Further information is provided in section 2.3.4.

Structure of communication/coordination projects

Figure 2.8. Structure of communication/coordination projects


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