#SiriusCon - Constraint Graph: Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
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This document discusses a presentation about Constraint Graph, a modeling tool for physical equation systems developed by ETAS GmbH using the Sirius and XText modeling frameworks. The presentation covers an introduction to Constraint Graph and the developers, a demonstration of the tool, the reasons for selecting Sirius, exploring the capabilities and limits of Sirius, considerations for tool vendors, and a summary of Constraint Graph and the outlook.
#SiriusCon - Constraint Graph: Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
- 1. 1 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
- 2. 2 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems Agenda/Content 1 About the protagonists 2 A demo says more than 1000 words 3 Exploring Sirius 4 Some things to think about 5 Summary and Outlook
- 3. 3 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − Passionate Software Engineer − With Bosch since 2003, ETAS since 2011 − Developing Eclipse IDE based tools since 2007 − Passions: − Agile Software Development Technologies − Open Source Development − Release Management Who is Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser? Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
- 4. 4 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − 200 M€ revenue company − 700+ employees distributed world wide − 100% owned by Robert Bosch GmbH − ETAS Drives Embedded Excellence with − Tools − Consulting − Embedded Software − Application Area Software Engineering − Eclipse based Tooling − Ascet 7 − ISOLAR-Suite − New Tool: Constraint Graph ETAS GmbH Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
- 5. 5 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. The Constraint Graph Tool Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems Live Demo
- 6. 6 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − Problem class suitable for standard graphical editing framework − Fast innovation vs. limited resources − Concentration on business logic and methodology − Easy know how buy in, if needed − Expectation: Technology follow-up is faster with standard framework Selecting Sirius Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
- 7. 7 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − Solving these issues without Obeo knowledge very hard Exploring Borders Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
- 8. 8 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − Customer prefer resource based approach because of − Better control of changes, e.g., usage of standard tooling (Beyond Cmp) − Better integration into processing like build tools Serialization does matter Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems Model based editing Resource based editing Project corresponds to model Edit each resource on its own Explore the model Explore the file system Dirty handling based on model Resources get dirty Do not care about serialization My file is my castle Use high level abstractions for change management Being able to use standard SCM mechanism for change mgmt. XML as a preferred technology DSL as a preferred technology
- 9. 9 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − Advantages − Fast full workflow support − Best of both worlds − Simple text based tooling − Standard tool support − Challenges − Synchronous editing − Shared problem marker − XText field editor − One editor with tabs Sirius and Xtext Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems Syq Gram- mar Syq Model XText Parser & Serializer XText Validation & Generation Generates Uses
- 10. 10 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − Requirement: Run your tool in customer developed IDEs − Selected range of eclipse releases − Reference: Eclipse Automotive IDE Distribution − Several providers of components with different version requirements − Required: Fault tolerant behavior concerning unexpected versions of dependencies (aka. upward compatibility) − Expectation towards component provider − Find a good compromise between innovation and compatibility − Conservative version development − No artificial incompatibilities between versions Sirius for Eclipse Tool Vendors Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems
- 11. 11 External | Lars Geyer-Blaumeiser (ETAS) | 2015-12-03 | © ETAS GmbH 2015. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. − Constraint Graph: A modeling environment for physical equation systems − Based on a combination of XText and Sirius − Sirius: Efficiency for graphical editors with standard behavior − Some mismatches and pitfalls that make life more difficult − We would decide the same way today − We expect also other new ETAS tools to use Sirius when appropriate Summary and Outlook Constraint Graph Graphical Modeling of Physical Equation Systems