Libraries and Components : Working with Libraries

Working with Libraries

A library is a container for model components. Any Rational Statemate project, new or existing, can be designated as a library.

Together, libraries and components offer a means to speed the process of design specification and to help you create more consistent specifications. Reusing previously created Rational Statemate model elements can save time and allows for more consistent designs.

To define a project as a library, select Defined As Library on the Create New Project window or the Modify Project window.

You can add other predefined libraries to a library project during the setup. Also, you can set a general preference to automatically add a predefined list of libraries to any new project (whether or not it is a library).

If you are the project manager, you can establish and modify a list of libraries to automatically become available to any of the project members. (In addition, project members can add libraries to their own workareas. These libraries are only available for the duration of the current Rational Statemate session, however, and only to the specific workarea.)