PM79191: IsStatic classes in Rhapsody in Ada not working

Rational Rhapsody 8.0.3
Rational Rhapsody 8.0.6

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Animation of sequence diagrams in Ada only appears to work with
  Classes that are Objects in
  the classic UML sense.
  
  Example, we can animate
  a Timer and Display objects communicating via a sequence
  diagram. The
  Display object is created as a Part instance of a
  Builder class. In a conventional Ada 95 or 05 project, however,
  not all
  Ada packages will be Classes and have instance attributes, only
  some.
  If one changes the design of the Display class to a more
  classic Ada design, using a stereotype to convey the IsStatic
  property
  setting. Calls to the Display class are no
  longer animated on the sequence diagram (and the existence of a
  Design
  object is not recognized by Rhapsody). The issue comes from the
  fact
  that the static class has not been notified to animation
  framework. In order
  to do this you should call initialize operation of display
  class. This
  is not done automatically. The workaround consist in creating a
  
  constructor in timer class which will call display.initialize.
  This
  should be done automatically when Animation is enabled.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  In sequence diagrams, animation does not work correctly for
  Ada_CG::Class::IsStatic classes.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed in version 8.0.3. If you are using an older version of
  Rational Rhapsody, you can select the static classes on the
  Initialization tab of the Features window for the
  configuration.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TLOGIC RHAPSODY

• Fixed component ID

  5724V74RP

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSN

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