Release 5.0

This release adds support through wrapper classes and builders for the remaining Normative Types:

Release 5.0 therefore implements fully the 16 Mar 2015 version of the normativeTypes specification.

Each wrapper class has an extended API:

Other changes are:

Release 4.0

This is the first release of normativeTypesCPP that is part of an official EPICS V4 release. It is a major rewrite of the previous versions of normativeTypesCPP.

This release provides support through wrapper classes and builders for the following Normative Types:

Each type has a wrapper class of the same name which has functions for checking compatibility of existing PVStructures (isCompatible) and the reported types of Structures (is_a), wraps existing PVStructures (wrap, wrapUnsafe) and provides a convenient interface to all required and optional fields.

Each type has a builder which can create a Structure, a PVStructure or a wrapper around a new PVStructure. In each case optional or extra fields can be added and options such as choice of scalar type can be made.

Additional features are: