Hi Chad,
thanks for your reply.
<chad> Oh I agree...I think we need to come up with a way to easily configure stereotypes and tagged values. Ideas? </chad>
1. The easiest thing is to use one centralized property file like "UMLProfile.property".
2. The UMLProfile.java should read all its constants from this property file, so that you can change the string values easier, without recompiling Metafacade cartridge.
UMLProfile.java --------------- Instead of: public static final String STEREOTYPE_ENTITY = "Entity";
you can use:
public static final String STEREOTYPE_ENTITY =
ResourceBundle.getString("Entity");or so.
And you have:
UMLProfile.property ------------------- Entity=Entity
IMO, this only has to be done at the Metafacade cartridge, because this should be the foundation of all other cartridges.
It doesn't mattter to other cartridges, since they depend on the developers of those cartridges.
The !best! if we can centralized the constants (stereotypes, taggedvalues, constants, etc.) in one place, which we can refer from the: 1. Implementation Code in Java (from Metafacade), 2. andromda-metafacades.xml, 3. andromda-cartridge.xml, 4. Templates files,
The cleanest solution would be:
1. Add a new property in andromda-cartridge.xml, something like:
<constants> <name="STEREOTYPE_EXCEPTION" value="Exception"> <name="STEREOTYPE_SERVICE" value="Service"> <name="STEREOTYPE_ENTITY" value="Entity"> <name="STEREOTYPE_FINDER_METHOD" value="FinderMethod"> <name="TAGGEDVALUE_PERSISTENCE_COLUMN" value=""@persistence.column"> ... </constants>
2. To access this values from our Java impl., we need a utility class, something like:
String service = CartridgeUtil.getString("STEREOTYPE_SERVICE");3. To access this values from our Templates:
#set ($service = cartridgeUtil.getString("STEREOTYPE_SERVICE"))Before, we need to add this "CartidgeUtil" into our andromda-cartridge something like:
<templateObject name="cartridgeUtil"
className="org.andromda.core.common.CartridgeUtil"/>4. In andromda-cartridge.xml and andromda-metafacades.xml we need to use the constant name and not the real name, something like:
<!-- Stereotype: entity -->
<template
sheet="templates/HibernateEntityAbstract.vsl"
outputPattern="{0}/{1}Abstract.java"
outlet="entities"
overWrite="true">
<modelElements variable="class">
<modelElement stereotype="STEREOTYPE_ENTITY"/>
</modelElements>
</template>and
<metafacade
metaobjectClass="org.omg.uml.foundation.core.Operation$Impl"
metafacadeClass="org.andromda.cartridges.ejosa.
businessejbhibernate.metafacades.BusinessEjbHibernateFinder
MethodFacadeLogicImpl">
<stereotype>STEREOTYPE_FINDER_METHOD</stereotype>
</metafacade>
Surely, all the cartidge developers must be very strict to this convention: never use a string like "Entity" directly in Java, Templates and everywhere else. Always use the constant defined in the andromda-cartridge.xml. In this way, it would be very easy to rename those stereotypes, taggedvalues, constants, etc.
IMO, this would be really cool!
Cheers,
Writing the CartridgeUtil class is not a problem at all, I think. Just need to read andromda-cartridge.xml (and AndroMDA team has done this in AndroMDA a lot of time, right ;-))?
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Chad Brandon schrieb: > Hi Lofi, > > It would be great if it was that > simple...unfortunately some of the cartridges use the > hard coded values of stereotypes. I'd really like to > do something clean with the stereotype names. So that > its easy for people to configure them. > > Chad > > --- Lofi Dewanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi Community, >> >>I would like to whether it is possible to "rename" >>those Stereotypes, TaggedValues constants in the >>UMLProfile.java >>in my own cartridge? >> >>Example: >> >>In UMLProfile.java the STEREOTYPE_IDENTIFIER is >>defined >>as "PrimaryKey". I would like to use another name >>for >>this, like for example "primaryKey". Is this >>possible without >>modifying the Metafacade itself? >> >>Thanks! >>-- >>--------------------------------------------------- >>Blasius Lofi Dewanto >>--------------------------------------------------- >>OpenUSS - Open University Support System >>http://openuss.sourceforge.net >>--------------------------------------------------- >>E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>ICQ : 39343280 >>--------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------- > >>This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & >>Training. >>Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas >>July 24-29 - >>digital self defense, top technical experts, no >>vendor pitches, >>unmatched networking opportunities. Visit >>www.blackhat.com >>_______________________________________________ >>Andromda-user mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/andromda-user > > >
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