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Porting Guide: HELICS 2 to 3

Since HELICS 3 is a major version update, there are some breaking changes to the API for developers. This guide will try to track what breaking changes are made to the API, and what developers should use instead when updating from HELICS 2.x to 3.

Dependency changes

Support for some older compilers and dependencies have been removed. The new minimum version are:

  • C++17 compatible-compiler (minimums: GCC 7.0, Clang 5.0, MSVC 2017 15.7, XCode 10, ICC 19)
  • CMake 3.10+
  • ZeroMQ 4.2+
  • Boost 1.65.1+ (if building with Boost enabled)

Code changes

Changes that will require changing code are listed below based on the interface API used. A list of known PRs that made breaking changes is also provided.

PRs with breaking changes

Application API (C++17)

  • Federate::error(int errorcode) and Federate::error(int errorcode, const std::string& message) were removed, use localError instead (or globalError to stop the entire simulation). Changed in #1363.

C Shared API

  • Removed helics_message struct -- call functions to set fields instead. helicsEndpointGetMessage and helicsFederateGetMessage returning this struct were removed -- call functions to get field values instead. Changed in #1363.
  • helics_message_object typedef was renamed to helics_message in api-data.h; in MessageFederate.h and helicsCallbacks.h all helics_message_object arguments and return types are now helics_message. Changed in #1363.
  • Renamed helicsEndpointSendMessageObject to helicsEndpointSendMessage, helicsSendMessageObjectZeroCopy to helicsSendMessageZeroCopy, helicsEndpointGetMessageObject to helicsEndpointGetMessage, helicsEndpointCreateMessageObject to helicsEndpointCreateMessage, helicsFederateGetMessageObject to helicsFederateGetMessage, and helicsFederateCreateMessageObject to helicsFederateCreateMessage. Changed in #1363.
  • Removed helicsEndpointClearMessages -- it did nothing, helicsFederateClearMessages or helicsMessageFree should be used instead. Changed in #1363.

C++98 API (wrapper around the C Shared API)

  • Removed the helics_message struct, and renamed helics_message_object to helics_message. Direct setting of struct fields should be done through API functions instead. This affects a few functions in the Message class in Endpoint.hpp; the explicit constructor and release() methods now take helics_message arguments, and operator helics_message_object() becomes operator helics_message(). Changed in #1363.