Currently to store a string in the BlackBoard via an interface you create a char type array field with a certain length. The code in the interface generator is unpleasant to read because often specific checks are done for stuff related to char, especially char arrays.

A new type string should be added, which allows to more clearly separate 8-bit data fields (char) and strings. This needs modification to the interface generator and to all interfaces, but ideally not to the interface users.