Issue 18145: A @Version annotation shall be added (dds-xtypes-rtf)
Source: PrismTech (Dr. Angelo Corsaro, PhD., angelo.corsaro(at)prismtech.com)
Nature: Enhancement
Severity: Critical
Summary: The X-Types specification does not provide any way of attaching version information to topic types. This is unfortunate as this information is quite essential to help debug running systems by identifying which version of the information model each element is working with.


As a consequence a new annotation @Version should be added for topic types. A possible definition of this annotation is shown below:


@Annotation
local interface Version {
        attribute unsigned long major;
        attribute unsigned long minor;
        attribute unsigned long patch_level;
};

Resolution: 
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Actions taken:
October 8, 2012: received issue
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Date: 08 Oct 2012 09:08:02 -0400
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Name:            Angelo Corsaro
Employer:        PrismTech
mailFrom:        angelo.corsaro@prismtech.com
Terms_Agreement: I agree
Specification:   Extensible and Dynamic Topic Types for DDS
Section:         7.3.1.3.3
FormalNumber:    ptc/2012-03-26
Version:         1.0
Doc_Year:        2012
Doc_Month:       March
Doc_Day:         26
Page:            70
Title:           A @Version annotation shall be added
Nature:          Enhancement
Severity:        Critical
CODE:            3TMw8
B1:              Report Issue


Description:


The X-Types specification does not provide any way of attaching version information to topic types. This is unfortunate as this information is quite essential to help debug running systems by identifying which version of the information model each element is working with.


As a consequence a new annotation @Version should be added for topic types. A possible definition of this annotation is shown below:


@Annotation
local interface Version {
        attribute unsigned long major;
        attribute unsigned long minor;
        attribute unsigned long patch_level;
};