Using Catalog Generator
(for advanced users)
SALOME
platform is an open platform for integration of your custom components,
which can used in the same way as typical modules provided in the standard
installed package. The Catalog Generator
tool serves for implementation of the interface of your custom
component. It allows to generate from IDL description of your component
interface its xml description. The
component xml description allows SALOME application to know about the
component and its services and provides the possibility to call the component
services, for example, inside SUPERVISION module.
If you have a look at runSalome, runSalomeWithPort
scripts running SALOME application, which are stored in build/bin directory
you will see that SALOME_ModuleCatalog_Server is started with two xml
files as its input parameters: CatalogModuleGeneral.xml
and CatalogModulePersonnel.xml.
These two files store the descriptions of interfaces and services of all
components, provided with typical SALOME package. To add a new component
into SALOME platform you should either update one of these existing xml
files with generated xml description of your component or create a new
one.
To open the Catalog Generator:
From the main menu choose Tools
> Catalog Generator, the following dialog box will appear:
In
this dialog box you can specify:
Name
and location of the IDL file describing the interface of your component
Name
and location of an existing XML file, which will be updated with the interface
of you component or name and desired location of a new XML file, which
will be generated
Name
of the author,
Name
of the component,
Type
of the component,
Version,
Capability
of multi study support
Icon
of your component
If you have chosen to create a new xml file containing the
description of your component, don't forget to specify it as input parameter
for SALOME_ModuleCatalog_Server in the file, you are using as a running
script of SALOME platform (in runSalomeWithPort, for example).
When
launching SALOME next time you will see your module alongside other components.
You can use the Catalog
Generator tool, if you would like to test
the functionality of your new component. After implementation of your
component interface, launch SUPERVISION module where you can try using
the services of your new component. (see also: Adding factory nodes)
