Tool Mentor:
Accessing Rational ClearCase from Rational Rose
Purpose
This tool mentor describes how to use the Rational Rose ClearCase add-in to access
Rational ClearCase in order to manage changes to Rose model files and their generated
source code files.
Related Rational Unified Process information:
Overview
The Rational Rose ClearCase add-in provides a tight integration between Rational
ClearCase and Rational Rose. Using this add-in, you can access many ClearCase functions
from within Rational Rose, making it simple and convenient to set up and ensure source
control and change management for Rose model files, as well as some types of
Rose-generated source files.
Rational Rose files include model files (.mdl), files and controlled units
(.cat, .sub, .prc, .prp), as well as source files generated from ANSI C++ or Rose C++
classes and components.
For details about Rose files, refer to
the Controlled Units topic in Rational Rose online help.
Tool Steps
In order to successfully work with Rational ClearCase from Rational Rose, you must ensure that the Rose
ClearCase add-in is active in the Rose Add-In Manager. You can then perform the following
ClearCase tasks from within Rose:
- Create and manage the Rose
development environment
- Add Rational Rose files to
Rational ClearCase version control
- Check in and check out
Rational Rose files
- View Rational ClearCase information about
Rational Rose files
- Deliver Rational Rose files to the
integration stream
- Update a work area from the
integration stream
You can use Rational Rose ClearCase menus to perform many of the tasks required to create and
manage the Rose development environment from within Rose:
- Use Start Version Control Explorer to view ClearCase Details and gain
access to ClearCase environment commands, including commands for working with VOBs, views,
branches, streams, and projects.
- Use Project Explorer to create and work with ClearCase projects, views,
and streams. Once you start the Rational ClearCase Explorer, you have access to all of the
ClearCase commands that allow you to define and promote baselines, deliver and rebase
streams. This command is only available if you are running ClearCase 4.0 or
higher.
For More Information
Refer to these Rational ClearCase Tool Mentors:
To add files to Rational ClearCase version control from Rational Rose, you can use Rose shortcut menus,
or choose Add to Version Control from the ClearCase submenu on the Rose
Tools menu. Depending on the version of ClearCase you are running, this command displays a
Rose dialog that interfaces with ClearCase, or it displays the actual ClearCase dialog.
You can also remove files from ClearCase version control using Rose ClearCase commands..
However, you should always exercise caution when removing files from version control.
For More Information
For details
about adding and removing files from Rational ClearCase version control, refer to the
Rational Rose
ClearCase add-in online help and the Rational ClearCase Tool Mentor Setting Up the Implementation Model Using
Rational ClearCase.
To check out and check in files to Rational ClearCase version control from
Rational Rose, you can use
Rose shortcut menus, or choose one of the following commands from the ClearCase submenu on
the Rose Tools menu:
- Check In
- Check Out
- Undo Checkout
- Get Latest
Depending on the version of Rational ClearCase you are running, these commands display
Rational Rose
dialogs that interface with ClearCase, or they display the actual ClearCase dialogs.
For More Information
For details
about Rational Rose file check out and check in to Rational ClearCase version control, refer to the Rose
ClearCase add-in online help and the Rational ClearCase Tool Mentors Checking Out and Checking In Configuration
Items and Using UCM Change Sets.
The Rational Rose ClearCase add-in provides two sets of commands that allow you to obtain
ClearCase information about Rose files.
- The List commands query Rational ClearCase and then display the
information you request in text format. List commands include: Object, History, Checkouts,
Version Tree, and All of the Above.
- The Browse commands directly access Rational ClearCase dialogs,
allowing you to view file information using ClearCase's graphical browsers. Browse
commands include Properties, History, Version Tree, and Directory.
For More Information
For
details about how to view Rational ClearCase information within Rational Rose, refer to the Rose ClearCase
add-in online help. For detailed explanations of ClearCase file information, refer to the
Rational ClearCase online help.
To deliver Rational Rose files from your development stream to an integration stream, use the Deliver
Stream command from the Rational ClearCase submenu of the Rose Tools menu.
This command
is only available if you are running ClearCase 4.0 or higher.
For More Information
For details
about delivering a development stream to an integration stream in Rational ClearCase,
refer to the Rational ClearCase Tool Mentor Delivering Your Work.
To update the Rational Rose files in your development stream from a more recent baseline in the
integration stream, use the Rebase Stream command from the
Rational ClearCase
submenu of the Rose Tools menu. This command is only available if you are running
ClearCase 4.0 or higher.
For More Information
For details
about rebasing a development stream using Rational ClearCase, refer to the Rational
ClearCase Tool Mentor Updating Your Work
Area.
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