= WatchPoints in Renew 

== Features

- Add Watchpoints to nets that generate runtime trace data during simulation
- Use automatic instrumentation to automatically generate traces for simulation events
- Generate Heatmaps based on collected data
- Perform interval analysis on collected data

== Download

Full download of Renew with WatchPoints: 

The included Renew is a slightly adapted version of the 5.0 prerelease. 
Please check [http://www.renew.de Renew Website] for license terms and a user guide for Renew itself.

== Requirements

Java JDK 17+ (should at least work until Java 21, no guarantees behind this.)


== Installation

=== Quick

1. Extract the zip file.
2. Navigate to renew5.0-Pre
3. Execute {{{ java -p libs:. -m de.renew.loader gui }}} (unix) or {{{ java -p "libs;." -m de.renew.loader gui }}} (windows)


=== Full

1. Extract the zip file
2. Navigate to renew5.0-Pre/bin/YOUR_OS/ and run the install script installrenew for your operating system
3. To start renew now run the script renew5.0-Pre/bin/YOUR_OS/renew

== Example usage

1. Open the watchpoints-transition-distribution.rnw file from the samples directory.
2. Run a simulation for a few seconds.
3. Use the Plugins -> Watchpoints -> Analysis -> Apply HeatMap command.
4. Select the monitoring.log.
5. Observe how the transitions are colored based on their firing counts.
6. A refresh of the net may be required to see the updated colors. (E.g. by selecting all elements
   and
   moving them slightly.)