Support for Modelica Action Code in ModelicaML Models

Abstract: ModelicaML is a UML/Modelica profile to support model-driven development of combined software/hardware UML/Modelica models. In order to support the development and maintenance of large ModelicaML models this thesis work has developed advanced enhancements to the ModelicaML profile, to enable users to more conveniently edit textual parts, i.e., action code, of ModelicaML models. This approach covers many of the concepts present in advanced language editors, i.e., code completion, error markers, as well as indentation and code template user support for developing and maintaining complex models. In large and complex models it is hard to remember all the parameters and values given in textual parts of UML diagrams. It is also very difficult to remember the complete set of components of a ModelicaML model. The ModelicaML enhancements developed in this work now supports features to facilitate advanced usage by showing all the components in just one key press. Two levels of Error Marker support have been developed to help user to find errors anywhere in a model without knowing the details. Moreover, ModelicaML has been extended with features like Modelica syntax highlighting and code completion. Furthermore, this work included upgrading and porting ModelicaML to run on the new Papyrus [13] on the new Eclipse versions. For example, by using the new features introduced in ModelicaML in this work the users do not have to remember all the variables from used base classes and derived classes.