Telelogic Tau 3.5

User's Manual

Part 2:   Chapter 10-- 22

Table of Contents 

10. The PostMaster      441

• Introduction to the PostMaster      442
• PostMaster Reference      444
• PostMaster Messages      444
• The PostMaster Configuration      444
• Environment Variables      447
• Functional Interface      449
• Run-Time Considerations      466
• Starting Up the PostMaster (in Windows)      466
• SDT Start-Up      466
• Start-Up Arguments      468
• SDT-2 Connections (UNIX only)      468
• Version 3.4 PostMaster (Windows only)      469
• Multiple PostMaster Instances      469
• Configuration and Tool Search      469

11. The Telelogic Tau Public Interface      471

• General Concepts      472
• Introduction      472
• The Public Interface      472
• Overview of Available Services      475
• Client Interface      482
• Message Based Services      483
• The Service Encapsulator      489
• Tool Services      491
• Configuration Services      491
• System File Services      499
• Link File Services      504
• ITEX Services      506
• Menu Manipulation Services      530
• Logging Services      545
• SDT Reference Services      547
• Editor -- Diagram Services      549
• Editor -- Object Services      559
• Editor -- Object Attribute Services      565
• Information Server Services      576
• SDL Editor Services      577
• SC Editor Services      579
• MSC Editor Services      580
• HMSC Editor Services      581
• CIF Services      582
• Text Editor Services      616
• Notifications      618
• Overview of Available Notifications      618
• Auxiliary Messages      624

12. Using the Telelogic Tau Public Interface      627

• Introduction      628
• The Service Encapsulator      628
• Introduction to the Service Encapsulator      628
• Design      629
• Generating the Application for ORCA and SDT      631
• Using ORCA and SDT Services      632
• Introduction      632
• Load External Signal Definitions into the Information Server      633
• Requesting the Service      633
• Obtain Source (SDT GR Reference)      633
• Show Source      634
• Dynamic Menus      634
• Extended Object Data Attributes (UNIX only)      636
• Using ITEX Services      638
• Opened Documents      638
• Find Table      638
• Integrating Applications with SDT Simulators      639
• Transferring SDL Signals      639
• Transferring PostMaster Messages      640
• Example of Use (UNIX only)      640

13. The ASN.1 Utilities      647

• Introduction      648
• Application Areas for the ASN.1 Utilities      648
• Overview of the ASN.1 Utilities      648
• Using the ASN.1 Utilities      649
• Command-Line Interface (UNIX only)      649
• PostMaster Interface      650
• Translation of ASN.1 to SDL      650
• General      650
• Module      651
• General Type and Value Assignment      652
• Boolean, Null, and Real      652
• Bit String      653
• Character Strings      654
• Choice Types      654
• Enumerated Types      655
• Integer      656
• Object Identifier      656
• Octet String      657
• Sequence/Set Types      657
• Sequence of Types      659
• Set of Types      660
• Subtypes      661
• Useful Types      661
• Support for External ASN.1 in ITEX      662
• Error and Warning Messages      663
• Restrictions      670

14. The H2SDL Utility      671

• Introduction      672
• H2SDL Input and Output      672
• Running H2SDL Stand-Alone      673
• When the Analyzer Starts H2SDL      675
• References to the Translation Source Files      677
• C to SDL Translation Rules      679
• Introduction      679
• New Generators -- CArray and Ref      680
• Basic Type Mapping      681
• C Operators and Constant Expressions      683
• Modifying C Identifiers to Conform to SDL      684
• General Declaration Mapping      686
• Error Messages      702
• Common Errors and How to Interpret Them      704

15. CIF Converter Tools      707

• Introduction      708
• Common Interchange Format      708
• CIF <-> SDT Converters      708
• CIF2SDT Converter Tool      710
• Command Line Syntax (UNIX only)      710
• Convert CIF to GR Dialog (UNIX only)      712
• Graphical User Interface (Windows only)      714
• How the Converter Works      716
• Messages from CIF2SDT Converter      716
• SDT2CIF Converter Tool      724
• Command Line Syntax (UNIX only)      725
• Convert GR to CIF Dialog (UNIX only)      727
• Graphical User Interface (Windows only)      729
• Messages from SDT2CIF Converter      731

16. The SDT Information Server      735

• General      736
• Information Server Error Messages      736

17. SDT References      739

• General      740
• Syntax      741
• Examples      743

18. Using OM Access      745

• OM Access      746
• OM Access Files      746
• General Concepts      747
• The OM Access Application      747
• Basic Methods      747
• Accessing the Information      748
• Relations      749
• Example      750
• Files and Compiling      751
• General      751
• UNIX      751
• Windows      752
• Using OM Access Together with ORCA      753
• Reference      754
• Data Model      754
• Functions      758

19. Basic Compiling Theory      765

• Basic Compiling Theory      766
• The Compiler      766
• Lexical Analyzer      767
• Syntax Definition      768
• Syntax Analyzer      770
• Parse Trees      771
• Parsing      772
• Intermediate Code      772
• Code Generator      772
• The Phases of a Compiler      772
• Symbol Table Management      773
• Error Detection and Reporting      774

20. ITEX Access      775

• Introduction to ITEX Access      776
• Terms Used in This Document:      776
• General Concepts      776
• ITEX Access and the ITEX Analyzer      777
• Lexical Analysis      777
• Syntax Analysis      778
• Parse Tree      778
• Symbol Table Management      778
• Example of ITEX Access Functionality      778
• Traversing      779
• Translating      780
• Example of ITEX Access Usability      780
• The Encoder      780
• ITEX Access in Relation to TTCN and ASN.1      785
• Differences      785
• The Base Nodes      788
• Tree Traversing in the Dynamic Part      788
• Naming Conventions      789
• The ITEX Access Notation      789
• ITEX Access Primitives      790
• General ITEX Access Functions Description      791
• Direct Access      795
• The AccessVisitor Class      797
• AccessVisitor Class Members      797
• Using the AccessVisitor      798
• Optimizing Visitors      802
• Common Class Definitions      806
• AccessSuite      806
• AccessNode      806
• Astring      807
• Getting Started with ITEX Access      808
• Setting Up the ITEX Access Environment      808
• Using Example Applications      808
• Starting an ITEX Access Application      809

21. Creating an ITEX Access Application      811

• ITEX Access      812
• General Concepts      812
• The ITEX Access Application      812
• Basic Methods      812
• Traversing the Access Tree      814
• Examples      817
• The Identifiers      817
• Context      818
• Translating TTCN      820
• Summary      823
• Solutions to the Examples      824
• Makefile      824
• Solution 1      825
• Solution 2      827
• Solution 3      829
• Solution 4      830

22. The ITEX Access Class Reference Manual      833

• Static and Table Nodes      834
• Parse Tree Nodes      865
• Terminal Nodes      918