Evaluation Environment for AUTOSAR-Autocode in Motor Control ...

5.2 Components of the Environment
OS, the original RTE library should work with the RTA–OSEK PC–Port. Maybe
for a newer generator version a customization of the library for MEDC17 won’t be
necessary, but for the current versions it is and so there have to be at least two library
versions for one generator handled, the standard and the customized for MEDC17.
Test type The result can be obtained in some phases of the shown process. For
some cases a code look up after the generation can be enough to take a decision of the
result. The diagram just shows a simple flow and does not take care about MEDC17.
For a test, which addresses RTE code integration in MEDC17, this diagram would
look different. So even some other proceedings are necessary for tests.
Typically an RTE generator supports just one AUTOSAR release. The XML scheme
of the AUTOSAR configuration files and also the features differ a lot between the
different AUTOSAR releases. So a test case also belongs just to one AUTOSAR
release.
5.2 Components of the Environment
The components, which are described in the previous section, are the main objects of
the environment. These components are shown with their relations in figure 5.2. There
are more components than in the previous section described. Option, test, variable
and resource are introduced to provide a better reusability and flexibility.
The test case from the previous section is called test template in the environment.
A test template defines the requirements of a test, but the test can only be performed
with a generator. So a test consists of an RTE generator and a test template.
The diagram can be treated as a diagram for one AUTOSAR release, because there
are no major dependencies between the components for different releases. Only the
test types can be used globally. The components of this diagram are described in this
section first, the next section deals with the configuration of this components.
5.2.1 RTE Generator
The RTE generators are the main test objects of the environment and of the evaluation.
Every RTE generator has a specific name and version, which identifies a generator.
For the environment it is necessary to know, how the RTE generator is called and how
the AUTOSAR XML files are passed to the generator. This is done by the executable,
which contains the path to the generator itself, and by the command line, which
declares how the options and files are passed to the generator.
5.2.2 Options
An RTE generator also provides options, which can be passed through the command
line. The options are treated separately to provide a better flexibility and to take care
about different parameters for different generators. An RTE generator can provide an
parameter for each option, but it does not have to. The test template then can specify
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