Cell

Cell is the fundamental object of all objects in the layout (Ok, some object, like Port, inherit only Rect, but most inherit Cell). Cell can be found in cic-core/src/core/cell.cpp

#Properties In the object definition file the Cell can contain certain properties

• name [mandatory] : Name of the cell, must be uniq
• class [optional] : will use LayoutCell if it's not specified. In cic-core/src/core/design.cppconstructor there is a list of allowed cells
• inherit [optional] : Cell from which this cell will inherit all instructions
• leech [optional] : Cell from which this cell will copy all instructions, but will not follow the inheritance hierarchy. In other words it only cares about the first parent, no grandparents.
• comment [optional] : can occur anywhere, and is ignored by the compiler
• new [optional] : Arguments to use for the constructor (NOT IMPLEMENTED AS OF 2016-06-03)

#Action Each cell will trigger actions in a specific sequence. The sequence is as follows:

• Create object if the class exists
• Set name
• Run afterNew of all parents, starting with the oldest
• Run afterNew of the current cell
• Set all properties, and run all custom functions on the object
• Run beforePlace of all parents, starting with the oldest
• Run beforePlace of the current cell
• Call place() on the object
• Run afterPlace of all parents, starting with the oldest
• Run afterPlace of the current cell
• Run beforeRoute of all parents, starting with the oldest
• Run `beforeRoute of the current cell
• Call route()
• Run afterRoute of all parents, starting with the oldest
• Run afterRoute of the current cell
• Call addAllPorts() on the object, to place remaining Ports.
• Run beforePaint of all parents, starting with the oldest
• Run beforePaint of the current cell
• Call paint() on the object
• Run afterPaint of all parents, starting with the oldest
• Run afterPaint of the current cell
• Add the object as a child of Design
• Add to the static list of cells