Author:halw

Date:2011-04-09T14:54:37.000000Z


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The EiffelRibbon library contains the classes that are used to implement the ribbon facilities. The classes in the EiffelRibbon library all have class names beginning "EV_", the default prefix for EiffelVision 2 classes. So the EiffelRibbon classes can be seen as an extension to the EiffelVision 2 library. If you've used EiffelVision 2 to create applications with graphical user interfaces, then the EiffelRibbon class won't look unfamiliar to you. However, unlike other EiffelVision 2 classes, the EiffelRibbon classes only work in applications targeted to Microsoft Windows.
To gain a detailed understanding of the goals of Microsoft's Ribbon technology including some guidelines on designing effective ribbons, see [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc872782.aspx the '''Ribbons''' page] on Microsoft's MSDN site.
The EiffelRibbon design tool helps you configure a ribbon in much the same way that [[EiffelBuild|EiffelBuild]] (ES Builder) helps you layout a GUI application.
=System requirements=

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The primary actors here are the immigrants, the judge, and the spectators, model by classes <code>IMMIGRANT</code>, <code>JUDGE</code>, and <code>SPECTATOR</code>, respectively. Some of the common behavior of these classes is abstracted into a deferred parent class, <code>ACTOR</code>. In addition to the actor classes, there is a class <code>HALL</code> that represents Faneuil Hall itself, and a root class that sets everything up and starts the processing. There is only one judge, but there will be a maximum combined number of immigrants and spectators. The specific number of immigrants versus spectators varies at random from one execution to the next.
Although not really considered an actor here (at least not a descendant of class <code>ACTOR</code>) the class <code>HALL</code> plays a critical role in managing the concurrent actions of the immigrants, spectators, and the judge. <code>HALL</code> includes many status queries which, when used in preconditions in features of the other actors, constitute [[Concurrent Eiffel with SCOOP#Preconditions|uncontrolled precondition clauses]] which when false will cause the calling processor to wait until the condition becomes true. For example, consider the following status query from class <code>HALL</code>:
Although not really considered an actor here (at least not a descendant of class <code>ACTOR</code>) the class <code>HALL</code> plays a critical role in synchronizing the concurrent actions of the immigrants, spectators, and the judge. <code>HALL</code> includes many status queries which, when used in preconditions in features of the other actors, constitute [[Concurrent Eiffel with SCOOP#Preconditions|uncontrolled precondition clauses]] which when false will cause the calling processor to wait until the condition becomes true. For example, consider the following status query from class <code>HALL</code>:
<code>
immigrants_ready: BOOLEAN