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Ada Metrics Generator - metada

Reference Guide
Use these additional topics to gain more knowledge about the product.
- UI reference
- Command Line Interface
- Studio Reference
  - User interface reference
  - Runtime and static analysis reference
  - Command line interface
    This section contains advanced reference material for the general command tools, the runtime analysis command line interface, the C system testing command line interface and the component testing command line interface.
    - General command line tools
    - Runtime Analysis command line interface reference
      - C and C++ Instrumentation Launcher - attolcc
        The Instrumentation Launcher instruments and compiles C and C++ source files. The Instrumentation Launcher is used by Memory Profiling, Performance Profiling, Runtime Tracing and Code Coverage, as well as the Component Testing Contract Check feature for C++.
      - Command line to launch code coverage for assembler files
        You can launch code coverage for assembler files with a command.
      - C and C++ Instrumentor
      - C Code Review Compiler - crccc
      - C Code Review Linker - crcld
        The C Code Review Linker links and analyzes the files produced by the C Code Review Compiler (crccc) for code review static analysis. It produces a .crc code review file that can be displayed in HCL OneTest™ Embedded.
      - Ada Instrumentor - attolada
      - Java Instrumentor - javi
      - Ada Metrics Generator - metada
      - TDF Splitter - attsplit
      - Code Coverage Report Generator - attolcov
      - Trace Probe Processor - parsecode.pl
    - C system testing command line interface
    - Component testing command line interface
- Output window preferences
  The general colors and font preferences panel allows you to specify the colors and fonts used in the output window.

Ada Metrics Generator - metada

Purpose

The Ada Metrics Generator produces .met static metric files for the specified source files.

Syntax

metada <source_file> [-output_dir= <output_directory>]

metada @ <options_file>

where:

<source_file> is the name of the source file to be analyzed.

<output directory> is the absolute path of the location where the .met static metric file is to be generated.

<options_file> points to a plain text file containing a list of options.

Description

The Ada Metrics Calculator analyzes a specified Ada source file and produces a .met static metric file, which can be opened with the HCL OneTest Embedded GUI.

Note For other languages, the .met static metric files are produced by the C and C++ Source Code Parsers.

Return Codes

After execution, the program exits with the following return codes


Code	Description
0	End of execution with no errors
3	End of execution with one or more warning messages
5	End of execution with one or more errors
7	End of execution because of fatal error
9	End of execution because of internal error

All messages are sent to the standard error output device.