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Jens Vagts commented on AND-7: ------------------------------ I had no time to look further, but stumbled on ATL flow (http://opensource.urszeidler.de/ATLflow/html/). Maybe this could solve some issues? > Editing the graph of models and transformations > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: AND-7 > URL: http://jira.andromda.org/browse/AND-7 > Project: Android/Eclipse > Type: New Feature > Components: Model-to-Model Configuration Editor > Reporter: Matthias Bohlen > Assignee: Peter Friese > > A graph of models and transformations between the models should be edited in > a graphical editor. It is an directed, acyclic graph. The nodes are models or > transformations, the edges connect them. Edges are always directed. When an > edge goes from a model to a transformation, it means that the model is an > input model for that transformation. When an edge goes from a transformation > to a model, it means that the model is an output model of that transformation. > Transformations can have m (m >= 1) input models and n (n >= 1) output models > at the same time. > A model should look like a UML package icon with a small triangle in the > upper right corner (see how a model looks like in MagicDraw, for example). A > transformation should look like something "active", for example, a gear wheel > or transmission. I leave that to you. > Graphical icons should be movable and resizable by the user. > The graphical editor should operate on simple JavaBeans which represent the > edited things. The should be a Model bean and a Transformation bean > (getter/setter stuff ommitted): > public class Model > { > String name; > String metamodelName; > Properties properties; > GraphicalInformation gInfo; > } > public class Transformation > { > String name; > Collection inputModels; // contains references to Model > Collection outputModels; // contains references to Model > Properties properties; > GraphicalInformation gInfo; > } > Inside the model icon on the screen, name and metamodelName should be > presented as > "name : metamodelName". The transformation icon on the screen should have its > name under the gear wheel. The names and metamodel names should be editable > in-place. > The JavaBeans will later be serialized and deserialized in XML, the XML will > part of a larger XML schema which describes a complete context, e.g. a > cartridge descriptor. Because the exact format of that XML schema is > currently unknown, I'd like to stick to the JavaBeans for the moment. > Associated with the graphical editor, there should be a properties view which > allows the user to edit arbitrary properties of models and transformations. > Properties are name/value-pairs. Values are of type String. The properties > view also contains the name and the metamodel name and allows those to be > edited as well. > When a transformation graph is saved, closed and opened, it should look like > before. > It is still to be defined what "GraphicalInformation" means. I think of all > that information you need to save and restore the drawing in its original > form, e.g. icon position, icon size, connection points to the edges, etc. I > leave that to you. > The whole diagram should be printable within Eclipse. The user should also be > able to copy the diagram to the clipboard (WMF format) and paste it into MS > Word or MS PPT for documentation purposes. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.andromda.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/
