Changed Module::connectTo() to accept also temporary module objects, e.g. as returned by findTag(). As a consequence, the operators [] and () of the modules had to be changed to const.

fixed using out-dated strstream, fixed dump() which was not passing the stream to dump into on to internal calls of VariableNetworkNode::dump()

Made some exception descriptions more elaborate. To achieve this, the dump() functions have been extended to allow writing to an arbitrary ostream.

- allow setting the "eliminateHierarchy" flag in the constructor of a module

This is an interface change which was done in an incompatible way!

added function to flatten teh hierarchy, renamed eliminateHierarchy() into setEliminateHierarchy() for better clarity

added preliminary support for tags to application variables which can be searched for and used to generate virtual modules

fixed duplicated triggers when triggering multiple transfers with the same application variable (e.g. as used in tests frequently)

fixed sending triggers multiple times when the trigger is distributed to multiple targets (TriggerFanOut takes care of the distribution now)

made the instance of the Application::testableMode_mutex static, since otherwise the unique_locks returned are no longer valid in any but the first instance of the application (which affects tests)

fixed race condition in testable mode: now stepApplication() will use a semaphore counter to ensure that all processing is done

Added a TestDecoratorRegisterAccessor which is optionally put around accessors to facilitate test of applications. This TestDecoratorRegisterAccessor does not yet do anything, functionality will be added in the next commits.

fixed poll-type inputs using no longer non-blocking read after the switch to the NDRegisterAccessorBridge-based accessors

Rebased the ScalarAccessor and ArrayAccessor classes onto the mtca4u::NDRegisterAccessorBridge class.
Known problems present: code compiles but tests do not run

Changed the FeedingFanOut so that it does not extract the meta-data (name, shape etc.) from the first slave but expects it in the constructor. This is necessary since the meta-data is already given by the application.

fixed variable networks with external trigger not being put into the same TriggerFanOut (which is required since they should be in the same TransferGroup)