The release of version 7 of the Rational® Software Delivery Platform
provides users of the Design Pattern Toolkit (DPTK) with equivalent functionality
built into the IBM® Rational modeling
products. The new version of the Rational Software Delivery Platform
includes new code-generation technology based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework
Technologies JET open-source project. JET includes many technologies first
demonstrated in the IBM alphaWorks® Design Pattern Toolkit (DPTK).
DPTK users have the following migration options:
- Migrate DPTK projects to JET project formats and continue to use DPTK
tags.
- Migrate DPTK tags to JET tags.
- Install DPTK in the Rational modeling products and run DPTK patterns.
Note: When
DPTK is installed into the version 7 Rational modeling products, DPTK projects
and patterns will continue to operate as before; however, DPTK is an IBM alphaWorks technology.
Alphaworks makes no guarantees on support or of the continued availability
of its technologies.
Installing DPTK in the Rational modeling products is a good tactical
choice for early migration to version 7. DPTK patterns and projects can be
quickly installed and validated within Rational products without change.
DPTK
versions 3.1.2.3 and later include a compiler option that flags known JET
incompatibilities. Once JET compatibility issues are addressed, DPTK users
may want to plan to pursue one of the other migration strategies as well.