PM45436: Typedef is incorrectly generated when working with variants in Rhapsody

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• There are various problems when selecting variants using
  Rhapsody 7.6.
  
  The customer would like to know how to insert a typedef into the
  file 'CVariation.h', which corresponds to the selected variant.
  At the same time they would like to be able to insert the same
  typedef into the file 'CVariationPkg.h' as a Dummy Variable that
  can be generated.
  
  In the attached sample project, there are four variant classes,
  'CVariant_A' to 'CVariant_D', where A and B are directly in the
  Variation package, and C and D are in a sub-package.
  
  If the variant B is selected, then the typedef is generated and
  the project works.
  If the variant A is selected, then the generated typedef leads
  to a translation error.
  
  If C or D is selected, then no forward declaration can be
  selected at all. However this problem can be avoided by creating
  dependencies to insert forward declarations manually.
  
  The customer would like to know why it is necessary for C and D
  to create these dependencies, and also why the generated typedef
  for A causes a problem.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Typedef is generated incorrectly when working with variants
  in Rhapsody.
  

Problem conclusion

• In this case, the incorrect code generation was due to a
  corrupt source artifact in the model. When the problematic
  file is deleted, the code is generated as expected.
  

Temporary fix

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