I did a little investigation and it should be possible to render a hierarchy of usecase as you explained
being in a usecase would open up (expand) the corresponding menu level the thing is that I need to take care of a special case where use-cases are modeled in a cyclic way, in that case I would need to resolve which use-case is supposed to be the start of the cycle :-) I could for example simply say 'the first one found' starts the cycle .. you would always be able to update the menu manually afterwards -- Wouter > Hi, > > Allthough I am very interested in a multi-level menu option, for the > short term I would like to remove the sub-items from the menu bpm4struts > generates. In combination I would like to be able to set the order in > which menu items are shown (I am not sure how this is done, but I guess > it is something like the order in which the use-case a defined in the > xml model?!). > > So my idea would be to add two additional tagged values for a use-case, > something like: > - @andromda.struts.usecase.menu.include > - boolean type > - default should be true, so if not defined it should include it in > the generated menu > - @andromda.struts.usecase.menu.order > - integer type > - items are shown in ascending order (in case of duplicate values, > pick any) > - if missing the current mechanism should be used > > Now my question is whether there is some documentation or previous post > in which it is described how to add custom tagged values (and use these > in the templates)? I am completely new to this type of customization so > any help is greatly appreciated! > > Would this also be of interest for the main distribution of bpm4struts? > > Regards, > Erwin Teseling > > Wouter Zoons wrote: > >>hi Erwin, >> >>this is indeed a very useful feature that would be appreciated by a lot >> of >>users, a related JIRA issue has already been opened for it some time ago: >>http://team.andromda.org:8080/jira/browse/BPM-27 >> >>feel free to add your comments to this issue, so they will be taken into >>account >> >>linking use-cases is a bit controversial because use-cases are supposed >> to >>be loosely coupled, so I'll have to look into that >> >>on the other hand, having only loosely coupled use-cases is pretty >> useless >>in reality, so I am sure to implement this feature sooner or later; the >>thing is that it is quite complex to do, and once I start I need to make >>very sure I am not introducing possible bugs ... it practically means >>going through all the modeling possiblities with this new feature >> >>it's likely I will branch from cvs HEAD and continue this work off-track >> >>so, please add your remarks to the JIRA issue ... they are very useful >> indeed >> >>greets >>-- Wouter >> >>ps: the implementation itself (having collapsable menus etc...) is not >>that difficult, it could be done either in Javascript, either in JSP; ... >>that need to be discussed too (or both could be supported) >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>In my application I implement a use-cases hierarchy, which means that >>>some use-cases are part of other use cases. Most of these sub use-cases >>>are depending on something being done in their upper-level use-case. A >>>simple example would be selecting a customer before you can edit/update >>>their address data. Currently with my model bpm4struts generates a flat >>>menu, including these sub use-cases. But is does not make sense to >>>select these from the menu directly because for instance no customer has >>>been selected yet. >>> >>>All the sub use-cases are accesible either through a form or a hyperlink >>>so these sub-item could be removed from the menu. Is there a way to >>>define that a use-case should not appear in the menu list? Probably a >>>tagged value on the use-case would be the way to implement this? >>> >>>Another even better solution could be a hierarchical (multi-level) menu >>>being generated in javascript (this could include (un)folding of menu >>>items and in my situation would be a better alternative to the >>>sequential breadcrums). Have there ever been plans to support something >>>like this? Or is this even possible today, just like my question >>>yesterday about using customized templates :-)? Otherwise there are >>>probably libraries that support this functionality and of which it could >>>be interesting to integrate these in bpm4struts? I think it would be >>>possible using the existing uml features of use-case diagrams >>>(include/extend/etc), what do you guys think? >>> >>>Regards, >>>Erwin Teseling >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------- >>>This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal >>>Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give >>> us >>>Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! 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