pure::variants User's Guide

List of Figures

1.1. Overview of family-based software development with pure::variants

3.1. Overview of SPLE activities

3.2. Structure and notation of feature models (using pure::variants Directed Graph Export)

3.3. Feature Model for meteorological Product Line

3.4. Enhanced Feature Model for meteorological Product Line

3.5. pure::variants screen shot - solution space fragment shown at right

4.1. Initial layout of the Variant Management Perspective

4.2. Switching Tooltips on/off

4.3. A simple Feature Model of a car

4.4. VDM with a problematic selection

4.5. Transformation configuration in Configuration Space Properties

4.6. Transformation button in Eclipse toolbar

4.7. VDM export wizard

5.1. pure::variants transformation process

5.2. (simplified) element meta model

5.3. (Simplified) element attribute meta-model

5.4. Basic structure of Feature Models

5.5. Basic structure of Family Models

5.6. Sample Family Model

5.7. Model Evaluation Algorithm (Pseudo Code)

5.8. XML Transformer

5.9. General Update functionality

5.10. Folder Structure

6.1. VDM Editor with Outline, Result, Problems, and Attributes View

6.2. Model Evaluation Preferences Page

6.3. Configuration Space Evaluation Settings Page

6.4. Variant Model Configuration Mode Page

6.5. Automatically Resolved Feature Selections

6.6. Auto Resolver Preferences Page

6.7. Unique Names in a Variant Hierarchy

6.8. Example Variant Hierarchy

6.9. Load Selection Dialog

6.10. Rename Reused Variant Description Model

6.11. Rename Dialog

6.12. Reorder Reused Variant Description Models

6.13. Reorder Instances Dialog

6.14. Multiple Transform Button

6.15. Configuration Space properties: Model Selection

6.16. Configuration Space properties: Properties

6.17. Configuration Space properties: Transformation input/output paths

6.18. Configuration Space properties: Transformation Configuration

6.19. Transformation module selection dialog

6.20. Transformation module parameters

6.21. Configuration Space properties: Transformation Configuration

6.22. Configuration Space properties: Transformation Configuration

6.23. Configuration Space properties: Transformation Configuration

6.24. Configuration Space properties: Transformation Configuration

6.25. Configuration Space properties: Transformation Configuration

6.26. The Standard Transformation Type Model

6.27. Multiple attribute definitions for Value calculation

6.28. Sample Project using Regular Expressions

6.29. Model Validation Preferences Page

6.30. New Check Configuration Dialog

6.31. Automatic Model Validation Preferences Page

6.32. Model Validation in Progress

6.33. Refactoring context menu for a feature

6.34. Model Compare Editor

6.35. The Variant Search Dialog

6.36. Quick Overview in a Feature Model

6.37.

6.38. The similarity input configuration dialog

6.39. The similarity calculation result dialog

6.40. Similarity Matrix

6.41.

6.42. The same selection result dialog

6.43. The same selection result dialog

6.44. The same selection result dialog

6.45. The same selection result dialog

6.46. The same selection result dialog

6.47. Filter definition dialog

6.48. Metrics for a model

6.49. Type Model Editor Example

6.50. Type Model Editor Example

6.51. Language selection in the element properties dialog

6.52. HTML Export Wizard

6.53. HTML Export Wizard

6.54. HTML Export Result

6.55. HTML Transformation Module

6.56. HTML Transformation Module Parameters

6.57. Directed graph export example

6.58. Directed graph export example (options LR direction, Colored)

6.59. Import Dialog

6.60. Select Variant Import Format

6.61. Specify Source file

6.62. Specify pure::variants model

6.63. Imported Feature Model

6.64. Excel File Structure

6.65. Import Dialog

6.66. Select Variant Import Format

6.67. Select Target and Specify Source file

6.68. Select Pattern for feature Selection

6.69. Imported Feature Model

6.70. JavaScript Manipulator Wizard Page

6.71. Ant Build Action

6.72. Ant Build JRE Parameter

6.73. Relations View with external Links

6.74. Family Model with ps:pvscltext transformation setup

6.75. Editing pvSCL conditions or calculations

6.76. Known Servers page

6.77. pure::variants Project Version

6.78. New Variant Configuration Model

6.79. Add the new Variant Configuration Model to Configuration Spaces

6.80. Add a Variant Configuration Model to a Configuration Space

6.81. VCWM Editor General Settings Section

6.82. VCWM Editor Start Page Section

6.83. VCWM Editor Finish Page Section

7.1. Eclipse workbench elements

7.2. Variant management perspective standard layout

7.3. Constraints view

7.4. Selected Element Selection Tool

7.5. Feature/Family Model Element Creation Tools

7.6. Family Model Element Properties

7.7. Element Relations Page

7.8. Sample attribute definitions for a feature

7.9. Restrictions page of element properties dialog

7.10. Constraints page of element properties dialog

7.11. Advanced pvSCL expression editor

7.12. Element selection dialog

7.13. Feature Model Editor with outline and property view

7.14. New Feature wizard

7.15. Feature Model Element Properties

7.16. Open Family Model Editor with outline and property view

7.17. Finalize Configuration Dialog

7.18. Variant Configuration Wizard Start Page

7.19. Variant Configuration Wizard Step Page

7.20. Variant Configuration Wizard Finish Page

7.21. Specifying an attribute value in VDM with cell editor

7.22. Outline view showing the list of available elements in a VDM

7.23. VRM Editor with outline and properties view

7.24. Matrix Editor of a Configuration Space

7.25. Export Matrix Dialog

7.26. Attributes view (right) showing the attributes for the VDM

7.27. Visualization view (left) showing 2 named filters and 2 named layouts

7.28. Variant Search View (Tree)

7.29. Variant Search View (Table)

7.30. Properties view for a feature

7.31. Description tab in Properties view for a relation

7.32. Properties view for a variant attribute

7.33. Relations view (different layouts) for feature with a ps:requires to feature 'Main Component Big'

7.34. Result View

7.35. Result View in Delta Mode

7.36. Open Impact View

7.37. Impact Calculation Result

7.38. Impact View Context Menu

7.39. Open pvSCL IDE View

7.40. Open pvSCL IDE View

7.41. Assign context element to pvSCL IDE

7.42. The pvSCL IDE View

7.43. The Variant Projects View

7.44. Feature Model Properties Page

7.45. General Model Properties Page

7.46. Variant Description Model Inheritance Page

9.1. pvSCL Code Library Model Property Page

10.1. The configuration dialog of pure::variants