Editing your EA models is provided directly in Eclipse and, with one click, Java or C++ code (or also other languages) can be automatically generated. But also reverse engineering existing source code into UML models is possible. After connecting your EA models to Java, C++, or other languages, models and code are live synchronized. If you change your model elements, the modifications are automatically updating the dedicated source code and vice versa. Thus, a full round-trip engineering process is provided.

The EA projects are visualized in an own Eclipse view as depicted on the right side of the screenshot below. Next to this view, EA’s UML editor is depicted. The connected source code, i.e., Java in our case, can be maintained inside the workspace of Eclipse as depicted on the left side of this screenshot. By selecting a model element it can be easily navigated to the dedicated position in the Java code.

For more information including the installation guidelines and the user guide we kindly refer to the website of the Sparx Systems.

Some of the changes:

- [AdvancedSearch]    search by type
- [ElementDetails]    display tablerecord also for types method, connector, attribute, diagram
- [ExecuteSQL]        removed syntax highlighting due it was buggy
- [All]                updated IAHost components; sorting Context-Menu Entries (e.g. Element Details back on top)

Latest Version is available here: LieberLieber_EnArSpy_1.2.49

All changes + Dokumentation: Overview.pdf

Have fun!

To complete the confusion: the property tab also has been named “Behavior”

The property dialog has been changed between EA 8.0 and EA 9.0, the issue has remain. Summary If you want that EA considers your code during code generation please note:

• for class operations use “Initial Code:” input window for manual coding
• for class operations use “Behavior” window for linking it to a behavior only
• for state operations use “Behavior” window only for everything

If you want to understand the reason behind that, see below for explanation:

By the way, the AMUSE 2.0 (coming soon) provides a number of really helpful validation rules, e.g. in that case AMUSE warns the user  about the code will be ignored by the code generation

Is there any logic at all in that? Yes it is logically and the reason is the definition of behaviors and operations in UML. So what is the relation between behaviors and operations and how EA does support that concept? Per definition a classifier (e.g Class) may have operations and behaviors:

• An operation = method declaration - like method declaration in C++ header files
• A behavior = method definition – like method definition in C++ cpp files EA supports 4 behavior-types : state machine, activity, interaction (e.g. sequence) and rule flow.

That means you have two ways for definition of the operation behavior (implementation):

• using “Initial Code:” input window for manual coding (like method definition in header files C++)
• using “Behavior” window to link it to a dedicated behavior via button “Element” in EA 9.0 or “…” in EA 8.0

BUT a State within a state machine may also have operations (entry, exit, do)! For that reason EA provides the same dialog for behavior definition of state operations. What about that? The same rules? It would be too easy Because (it’s my guess) a state is an integral part of a behavior, the “Initial Code” window is useless in the dialog. => Whatever you want to do, use “Behavior” input window for definition of state operations.

BR RB

Two important things are explained:

• Instances vs. Classes
• Methods vs. Operations

Full read: http://geertbellekens.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/uml-best-practice-one-operation-one-sequence-diagram/

This announcements is part of our strategy to continue our work around LieberLieber AMUSE and bespoke add-in development for our international customer base.

Watch out for further announcements in the next weeks!

Here comes the full story:

LieberLieber has a strong focus on customization and is a specialist developer of plug-ins for Enterprise Architect. Due to its close cooperation with SparxSystems Central Europe since 2005, LieberLieber has developed a unique expertise in UML Simulation and Execution, resulting in their flagship product LieberLieber AM|USE for Enterprise Architect.

LieberLieber is committed to delivering innovative solutions for their global customers in the Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Medical Products, Embedded Systems and all other industries which have already realized the power of Enterprise Architect and want to optimize their development toolchain.

VAR services include:

• UML code generation for embedded systems
• Consulting (Toolchain integration, UML simulation & execution)
• Migration planning and support
• Custom plug-ins
• Customizing Enterprise Architect
• Bespoke code generation templates
• Free tools for Enterprise Architect customers like ENAR SPY, EA Presenter

Introduction

CaliberRM is a requirements management tool from Microfocus and is widely used by organisations to manage their corporate requirements.
Enterprise Architect is a modelling tool focusing on UML and Business Process Modelling from SparxSystems and is used extensively by organisations for all their modelling needs.
A common need is for corporations to manage traceability between their Models and their Requirements. Whilst Enterprise Architect can capture Requirements it is not really a Requirements Management tool per se, and CaliberRM has no modelling functionality at all.
The objective of this Add-In is therefore to implement an integration bridge between the two products, specifically the ability to import and synchronise Requirements from CaliberRM into Enterprise Architect modelling projects where the traceability can be managed and reported.

Agenda

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At that place I’d like to say a big thank you to Walter van der Heiden who allowed me to reuse some slides from his impressive presentation I enjoyed some times on the development conferences .

Please find here a video that demonstrates our solution for the Keil environment and ARM RTOS

Couple weeks ago we presented our solution for embedded development at the embedded world Conference 2011 for the first time . Today I’m at the Electronics Fair Exhibition in the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center and present the solution in Asia market. The most of the local development companies need more time to realize the demand for Model Driven Design and Development (MDD) than the European companies, but there is mind change on the way, in particular in the embedded world. The embedded market is one of most competitive and the companies are under pressure to decrease time-to-market. The MDD one of the essential instruments for arriving that target and that what we present to our potential customers here.

How ever me and my colleagues from Sparx Systems Australia we created a new video that demonstrates the usage of the embedded tool kit including Enterpise Architect, AMUSE, Willert Tools and Keil IDE. I like it and would like to share it with you, please enjoy!

And here the same staff as flash video with higher quality:

UML Code Generation finally at affordable prices!

The specialists for embedded UML in Bückeburg (Willert software tools GmbH) and the Viennese Enterprise Architect experts (LieberLieber Software GmbH) have jointly developed a code generation solution based on Enterprise Architect by Sparx Systems,LieberLieber AMUSE and RXF Willert. This solution is introduced at the embedded world in Nuremberg for the first time at 510 and 231 in Hall 10 booths 2011.

Basic Toolchain

•  Enterprise Architect from Sparx Systems (Systems Engineering or Ultimate)

•  LieberLieber AM|USE – UML Simulation and footprint optimized C Code Generation

• Willert Deployer – integrates generated source code into  your embedded IDE Projects

•  Willert Runtime Framework – hardware abstraction layer with extremely small footprint

•  UML Target Debugger – enables you for monitoring of code execution on target without any code instrumentalization

•  Embedded IDE and RTOS of your choice

Prepared for MISRA. Documentation and validation on demand

Supported IDE’s / Compilers – Keil C166, Keil MDK ARM, IAR EWARM, IAR M16C, IAR M32C, Analog Devices Visual DSP++, GNU gcc, Tasking C166 V8.x, TI CodeComposer, IAR Microchip dsPIC/PIC24, Microchip MPLABC32, Altera NIOS II gcc, MS Visual Studio 2008

Supported RTOS – CMX-RTX, OO-RTX, RL-ARM, embOS, VDK, Linux, EUROS, DSP/BIOS, Windows

Further Platforms, IDE’s, Compilers on demand.

• UML Tooling Framework
  This repository contains all tool-independent parts of the framework. It is basically a C# translation of the UML Metamodel.
• Enterprise Architect Add-in Framework
  This repository stores all framework stuff to create add-ins and tools upon Enterprise Architect.
  It currently contains an EA wrapper library based on the UML Tooling Framework, the EA Add-In Tester as described in Testing and Debugging your C# Enterprise Architect Add-in, a base complete add-in base class that contains all of the EA events, and an example add-in as described in Creating your first C# Enterprise Architect Add-in in 10 minutes
• Enterprise Architect Toolpack
  This repository will contain all of the actual tools and add-ins for Enterprise Architect.
  Currently it contains the EA Navigator Add-in, a tool to navigate between operations and sequence diagrams.

To read the full story navigate to “UML and Enterprise Architect Tools open-sourced at GitHub”

See: Testing and debugging your Enterprise Architect C# Add-In

I like that he tells about our free Enterprise Architect Launcher 

Nevertheless here at LieberLieber we use a different way of Debugging EA Add-In’s:

We start EA from the Debugger so it is easier to use than “attach to process” – and we can be sure the EA instance we use for debugging is in a consistent state when starting. To do so you configure the properties of the project like:

Nevertheless if you want a free IDE that can attach to a process I can recommend SharpDevelop!

Currently there is not a lot of content – but hey it’s a start.

you can have bespoke Add-Ins and Templates  for:

• Add-Ins to make your daily work faster
• Add-Ins to standardize Enterprise Architect usage in your organization
• Code-Generation Templates
• Model-Validation
• Add-Ins for Software-Testing and System Integration
• Special Reports
• UML-Profiles
• Integration with 3rd party tools/repositories, …
• MDG Technologies
• Statistics/Metrics
• Custom import/export
• Legacy tool visualizations

For inspiration you can check out “LieberLieber AMUSE” or our Codebeamer integration.

The post also contains this nice diagram showing what it takes:

Here at LieberLieber we do it a little bit different using our own framework in between – and we don’t install into GAC. Nevertheless you should get the point how to get started. If you don’t want to do it yourself feel free to contact us  

In our opinion it is vital for an addin project to be successful to offer an MSI setup for deployment.

We are looking into making a tutorial on how to run  LieberLieber AMUSE with Crossover Office.