EGL - 1.0

Extension ID

com.castsoftware.egl

What’s new?

See Release Notes for more information.

Description

This extension provides support for applications written using EGL languages.

Although this extension is officially supported by CAST, please note that it has been developed within the technical constraints of the CAST Universal Analyzer technology and to some extent adapted to meet specific customer needs. Therefore the extension may not address all of the coding techniques and patterns that exist for the target technology and may not produce the same level of analysis and precision regarding e.g. quality measurement and/or function point counts that are typically produced by other analyzers.

In what situation should you install this extension?

If your application contains source code written using EGL and you want to view these object types and their links with other objects, then you should install this extension.

Supported EGL versions

This version of the extension provides support for:

Version	Supported
Rational Business Developer V7 R5.1	✅

Function Point, Quality and Sizing support

Function Points (transactions): a green tick indicates that OMG Function Point counting and Transaction Risk Index are supported
Quality and Sizing: a green tick indicates that CAST can measure size and that a minimum set of Quality Rules exist

Function Points (transactions)	Quality and Sizing
✅	✅

Compatibility

Core release	Operating System	Supported
v3/8.4.x	Microsoft Windows / Linux	❌
v2/8.3.x	Microsoft Windows	✅

Supported file types

Only files with following extensions will be analyzed:

*.egl
*.egldd
*.eglbld
*.project

Download and installation instructions

The extension will be automatically downloaded and installed when at least one of the supported file types is delivered for analysis.

Source code discovery

A discoverer is provided with the extension to automatically detect EGL code: when one of the supported file types is found in a folder, one “EGL” project will be discovered, resulting in a corresponding Analysis Unit.

EGL preprocessor

EGL source code needs to be preprocessed so that CAST can understand it and analyze it correctly. This code preprocessing is actioned automatically when an analysis is launched or a snapshot is generated (the code is preprocessed before the analysis starts). EGL Preprocessor log file is stored in the following location:

%PROGRAMDATA%\CAST\CAST\Logs\<application_name\Execute_Analysis_<guid>\com.castsoftware.egl.<_extension_version>.prepro_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.log

What results can you expect?

Objects

ID	Description	Concept
EGLPackage	EGL Package
EGLProjectDeclaration	EGL Project Declaration
EGLRecord	EGL Record
EGLRecordColumn	EGL Record Column
EGLRecordDeclaration	EGL Record Declaration
EGLReferencedProjects	EGL Referenced Projects
EGLProgram	EGL Program	Class
EGLFunction	EGL Function	Function
EGLDataTable	EGL Data Table	Table
EGLForm	EGL Form	UI
EGLFormGroup	EGL Form Group	UI

Structural Rules

The following structural rules are provided:

Release	URL
1.0.7	https://technologies.castsoftware.com/AIP/extensions/com.castsoftware.egl/versions/1.0.7
1.0.6	https://technologies.castsoftware.com/AIP/extensions/com.castsoftware.egl/versions/1.0.6
1.0.5	https://technologies.castsoftware.com/AIP/extensions/com.castsoftware.egl/versions/1.0.5
1.0.4	https://technologies.castsoftware.com/AIP/extensions/com.castsoftware.egl/versions/1.0.4
1.0.3	https://technologies.castsoftware.com/AIP/extensions/com.castsoftware.egl/versions/1.0.3
1.0.2	https://technologies.castsoftware.com/AIP/extensions/com.castsoftware.egl/versions/1.0.2

You can also find a global list here: https://technologies.castsoftware.com/AIP/technologies/1015000