Configuration management
One benefit of the team development environment is that you can configure components. That is, you can group components together and manipulate them as a group.
A configuration (not to be confused with a configuration map) is a description of a group of components that identifies, for each component, which component edition or version is part of the group. Many components shown in the browsers are, essentially, configurations of components. For example, an edition of an extended class is a configuration of method editions.
Configuration management consists of two mechanisms: defining lineups and releasing versions. Lineups specify different configurations for different operating system platforms. You can define lineups for applications and configuration maps. Releasing is the process by which a component edition or version is added to the containing component. When you release a component, it becomes part of the configuration of the enclosing component. Thus, you can control which edition or version will be loaded when the enclosing configuration is loaded.
The following list shows the different configurations in the system:
Each class edition maintains a configuration of the instance method editions it contains.
Each class edition maintains a configuration of the class method editions it contains.
Each application edition maintains a configuration of the class versions it contains. This configuration includes both defined and extended classes.
Each application edition maintains one or more lineups of prerequisites. Each lineup represents the configuration of prerequisites for the given platform.
Each application edition maintains one or more lineups of subapplication editions that are part of it. Each lineup represents the configuration of subapplications for the given platform.
Each configuration map edition maintains a configuration of the application editions that are part of it.
Each configuration map edition maintains one or more lineups of required map editions. Each lineup represents the configuration of required maps for the given platform.
Last modified date: 01/29/2015