SOFT is the acronym of Sword Object Facilities.

SOFT is an implementation of the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) core, and the Ecore metamodel in C++ and Go.

The current release allows to generate code from Ecore metamodels, and to parse and serialize models and metamodels from and into XMI documents. A reflective API for generated metamodels is also provided.

Soft consits of 2 parts for each langage : a generator from Ecore metamodels, and the ecore library. The generators are currently implemented using Acceleo and Java.

• Multiple Inheritance - A class can be defined with many interfaces
• Handling of containment and opposite relations - Setting one side of a relation automatically sets the other side.
• XMI/XML serialization and deserialization of metamodel/model instances - Resource framework allows splitting of serializations, including cross-resource containment.
• Reflection - MetaModel structure is available at runtime
• Notification - Events are raised when the model is changed
• Extension - Generated code can be overriden by the user

• C++17
• Memory Management with shared pointers

• JDK 8 https://www.oracle.com/java/
• Ant https://ant.apache.org/
  • AntContrib Tasks http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/
• VS2019

git clone https://github.com/masagroup/soft.git
cd soft
ant

Installation process:

• install all dependencies
  • aria2
  • maven
  • cmake
  • ninja
  • vcpkg
    • boost
    • turtle
    • xercesc
• generators
  • build
  • distribute
• cpp
  • generate, build, test and distribute ecore library
  • generate, build and test user library
• go
  • generate, build and test ecore library
  • generate, build and test user library

The binaries generated by the installation process are located in the dist folder. They consists of:

• ecore-<version>-<platform>.zip : cpp files with
  • headers
  • libraries
  • cmake files
• soft.generator.cpp-<version>.zip : cpp generator
• soft.generator.go-<version>.zip : go generator

How to execute a generator:

unzip soft.generator.<lang>-<version>.zip
cd soft.generator.<lang>-<version>
java -jar soft.generator.<lang>-<version>.jar -m <ecore file> -o <output directory>

Each generator is composed of a group of templates. These templates are listed via the command line:

java -jar soft.generator.<lang>-<version>.jar -h

You can use a specific template ( or everything except one) via the command line

java -jar soft.generator.<lang>-<version>.jar -t <template> !<not template>