Active Object Pattern

• This repository implements (or at least tries to) the active object pattern in C++ as is described in the book "Practical UML Statecharts in C/C++: Event-Driven Programming for Embedded Systems - Miro Samek".

• The example implemented is the Toaster example, presented in Chapter 2

• In this pattern, Active Objects (Actors) are event-driven, strictly encapsulated software objects running in their own threads of control that communicate with one another asynchronously by exchanging events.

How to operate the repository

• If you wish to use docker to operate the repository, build the image and launch it using the helper scripts inside of the docker folder

• The repository can be operated outside of the docker container if all the dependencies are met

• Once the environment is set (whether inside or outside the container), the following commands can be issued:

• To format the code base with clang-format:

./bbuild.sh -f

• To perform an static analysis in the code base with clang-tidy:

./bbuild.sh -s

• To build:

./bbuild.sh -b <target>

• To rebuild:

./bbuild.sh -r <target>

• To execute the built binary:

./bbuild.sh -e <target>

• To format, analyze, rebuild and execute with verbose turned ON:

./bbuild.sh -v -f -s -r -e <target>

• Example: ./bbuild.sh -v -f -s -r -e app

• Example: ./bbuild.sh -v -f -s -r -e test

• To check all options available::

./bbuild.sh --help