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LMl: Lclipse Metamodeling

lramework
Rubby Casallas
Grupo de Construccin de Software
Uniandes
Reerences
http://www.eclipse.org/emf/
http://www.eclipsecon.org/2005/presentations/Eclipse
Con2005_Tutorial28.pdf
http://www.eclipsecon.org/2004/EclipseCon_2004_Tec
hnicalTrackPresentations/40_Frankel.pdf
https://doc.telin.nl/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File- 50548/d4.1.pdf
Eclipse Modeling Framework: A Developer's Guide By
Frank Budinsky, David Steinberg, Ed Merks,
Raymond Ellersick, Timothy J. Grose
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\hat is LMl
EMF is a Java framework and code
generation facility for building tools and other
applications based on a structured model.
Framework to
modeling and data integration
code generation
LCore
ECore is:
a meta-language, i.e., a language to define
(structural) models
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LCore
MOF 2.0
EMOF
CMOF
ECORE
Ecore is a small and simplified subset of full UML.
\hat is LMl
ECore
with ECore I can
defined my own
model
language to define models (like UML but simpler)
How?
using UML (XMI)
EMF editor
XML Schemas
Annotated java
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\hat is LMl
Using EMF, for my model I
can:
generate java code
create an editor to
instantiate the elements
of my model
When instances of my
model are created, These
can be serialized in XMI
LCore concepts
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LCore concepts
LCore concepts
EClass:
represents a modeled class. It has:
a name
zero or more attributes
zero or more references.
EAttribute:
represents a modeled attribute. Attributes have:
a name
a type.
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LCore concepts
EReference:
represents one end of an association between classes. It
has:
a name,
a boolean flag to indicate if it represents containment,
a reference (target) type, which is another class.
EDataType:
represents the type of an attribute. A data type can be
a primitive type like int or float
an object type like java.util.Date.
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LMl Generator
genmodel:
provides platform specific details: v.gr. package
names
It is needed to generate code
1he Generator Model
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mymodel.ecore
mymodel.genmodel
Generator
EMF.model
EMF.edit
EMF.editor
EMF.test
LMl.model
A complete implementation of the PIM
Persistence mechanisms on top of XML files
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Mapping to Jaa
Java Implementation
Java Interface EClass
public interface PurchaseOrder ...
and a corresponding implementation class:
public class PurchaseOrderImpl extends EObject
implements PurchaseOrder {
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Mapping to Jaa
Java Implementation
Java Interface EClass
public interface PurchaseOrder ...
and a corresponding implementation class:
public class PurchaseOrderImpl extends EObject
implements PurchaseOrder {
introduces three main behaviors:
1. eClass() returns the objects
metaobject (an EClass).
2. eContainer() and eResource() return
the objects containing object and
resource.
3. eGet(), eSet(), eIsSet(), and eUnset()
provide an API for accessing the
objects reflectively.
LMl.edit
The EMF.edit separates the GUI from the
business model
User interface independent implementation of
the interactiondomain
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LMl.editor
The EMF.editor provides the code
SWT/JFace code that directly interacts with
the user