Commit dedicated to accelerate the startup sequence of GAMA (by ~2x)

- Simplifies the registration and organisation of types, with a much
simpler algorithm to build the hierarchy (Types.java).
- Allows the creation of operators' signatures directly from Java
classes
- Consolidates the various artefacts in GAML.java (instead of
AbstractGamlAdditions)
- Moves utility methods as default methods in IGamlAdditions
- Consolidates similar methods (like _operator()) in
AbstractGamlAdditions, and removes _unary() and _binary()
- Simplifies GamaGetter by removing its subinterfaces
- Introduces a NULL IValidator as the default
- Avoids initializing Types twice in GamaBundleLoader
- Removes description factories from the GAML additions (now hardcoded)
- Remove the generation of xmi files from headless options
- Drastically simplifies BuiltInGlobalScopeProvider and removes the
documentation from the xmi files
- Loads physics native libraries only on demand
- Modifies the annotation processor to comply with the new API of
AbstractGamlAdditions

msi.gama.core/src/msi/gama/common/Activator.java

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /*******************************************************************************************************
  *
- * msi.gama.common.Activator.java, in plugin msi.gama.core,
- * is part of the source code of the GAMA modeling and simulation platform (v. 1.8.1)
+ * msi.gama.common.Activator.java, in plugin msi.gama.core, is part of the source code of the GAMA modeling and
+ * simulation platform (v. 1.8.1)
  *
  * (c) 2007-2020 UMI 209 UMMISCO IRD/SU & Partners
  *
  * Visit https://github.com/gama-platform/gama for license information and contacts.
- * 
+ *
  ********************************************************************************************************/
 package msi.gama.common;
 
@@ -22,18 +22,13 @@ public class Activator implements BundleActivator {
 	@Override
 	public void start(final BundleContext context) throws Exception {
 		/* Early build of the contributions made by plugins to GAMA */
-//		new Thread(() -> {
-			GamaBundleLoader.preBuildContributions();
-			GamaExecutorService.reset();
-			Dates.initialize();
-//		}).start();
+		GamaBundleLoader.preBuildContributions();
+		GamaExecutorService.reset();
+		Dates.initialize();
 
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void stop(final BundleContext context) throws Exception {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
-	}
+	public void stop(final BundleContext context) throws Exception {}
 
 }

msi.gama.core/src/msi/gama/common/preferences/GamaPreferences.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * GamaPreferences.java, in msi.gama.core, is part of the source code of the GAMA modeling and simulation platform
  * (v.1.8.2).
  *
- * (c) 2007-2021 UMI 209 UMMISCO IRD/SU & Partners (IRIT, MIAT, TLU, CTU)
+ * (c) 2007-2022 UMI 209 UMMISCO IRD/SU & Partners (IRIT, MIAT, TLU, CTU)
  *
  * Visit https://github.com/gama-platform/gama for license information and contacts.
  *
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ private static void register(final Pref gp) {
 		final var spec = GamaMetaModel.INSTANCE.getPlatformSpeciesDescription();
 		if (spec != null && !spec.hasAttribute(key)) {
 			spec.addPref(key, gp);
-			spec.validate();
+			// spec.validate();
 		}
 	}