Franca 0.8.8

[Klaus Birken]

Hi all,

Franca 0.8.8 is available - see download area. There are a lot of new features in this release - the User Guide will be updated soon. As with 0.8.6 and 0.8.7, this release will only install with Xtend/Xtext release 2.4.0 (or later).

New with version 0.8.8
- IDL: added "polymorphic"-flag for structs (better support for polymorphism) (issues 19, 39)
- IDL: added "manages"-feature for interfaces, supporting master/slave-relationships (issue 40)
- IDL: removed "undefined" annotation tag for structured comments (issues 43, 44)
- added "Interface" as a type for deployment properties (issue 42)
- provide graphical Franca contract view (issue 22)
- provide wizards for creation of fidl- and fdepl-files (issue 27)
- improved Franca IDL formatter (issue 30)
- context menu item to export fidl-files in XMI-format (issue 32)
- allow user-specific validators via Eclipse extension point (issue 7)

Regards,

Klaus