Add event creation API

- New event API added to SwcInternalBehavior
- Various fixes and improvements

Author: cogu

README.md

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Below is a rough roadmap of planned releases.
 **v0.5.4:** SwcInternalBehavior - basics
 
 * Runnables
-* Basic event support (Init, Periodic, ModeSwitch)
+* Events
 
 **v0.5.5** SwcInternalBehavior - ports
 

src/autosar/base.py

@@ -6,12 +6,23 @@
 
 
 def split_ref(ref: str) -> list[str] | None:
-    """Splits an autosar reference string into a list of strings"""
+    """Splits a string separated with slashes and automatially removes leading slash"""
+    sep = "/"
     if isinstance(ref, str):
-        return ref[1:].split('/') if ref[0] == '/' else ref.split('/')
+        return ref[1:].split(sep) if ref[0] == sep else ref.split(sep)
     return None
 
 
+def split_ref_strict(ref: str) -> list[str] | None:
+    """Splits a strings separated with slashes but throws an error if the string starts with a slash"""
+    sep = "/"
+    if not isinstance(ref, str):
+        raise TypeError("ref: Must be a string")
+    if ref[0] == sep:
+        raise ValueError("ref: String cannot start with '/'")
+    return ref.split(sep)
+
+
 class Searchable(abc.ABC):
     """
     Searchable interface