[ccmtools-devel] ccmtools/environment

[Teiniker E. <ego...@tu...>]

Hi all!

There is a new ccmtools/environment directory that contains some C++ and IDL
files needed for creating environment libraries for components.

environment/
|-- external
|   `-- mico
|-- local
`-- remote
    |-- CCM_Session_Container
    `-- remoteComponents

We need an external/mico package that tells confix where to find the mico
libraries and, for remote components, the CCM_Session_Container and the
remoteComponents package.

Note that (except for external/mico) the environment packages for local and
remote components can be installed using the ccmtools-c++-environment and
ccmtools-c++remote-environment scripts. In that case, the source files are
created from CppGenerator templates.
But, there is a serious drawback using these scripts. Some of the environment
sourc code (external/mico, etc.) are also part of the WAMAS-X framework that is
the main user of the ccmtools. Thus, we need a flexible way to decide which
package to install.
I think that the ccmtools/environment directory can be a good solution, because
it leaves the decision of what packages are needed and what packages are
already installed by the component developer. He has to call confix for the
needed packages.

So, what do you think about this idea?

:-) Egon

PS: The WX::Utils (a substitution for the old CCM_Utils) could be distributed in
ccmtools/environment/local too!