I'm sure there are code utils in Eclipse to help with this. For example a
quick google found this:
http://www.eclipse.org/gef/zest/

Paul

On 6 February 2012 06:11, Sumedha Rubasinghe <sume...@wso2.com> wrote:

> Viraj,
> Layout is a general problem seen in these type of tools.
> For example, If you use MySQL Workbench & reverse engineer a database, all
> tables will appear overlapped (with links created). We need to manually
> layout the tables in a visually appealing way.
>
> /sumedha
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Viraj Rajaguru <vi...@wso2.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> When we are going to implement reverse engineering support, the main
>> issue is the layout management of the diagram as we are handling many
>> mediators in a single compartment.
>> As a solution we thought of using grouping mechanism for the proxy
>> services (A proxy service will have a certain group box and relevant
>> mediators and endpoints goes in to that group box.). This will help us to
>> manage the layout to some extent as this will split the whole diagram in
>> to manageable sections. If we would success with this approach we can give
>> the reverse engineering support for the initial release.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Viraj.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:22 AM, Samisa Abeysinghe <sam...@wso2.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Chathuri Wimalasena 
>>> <chath...@wso2.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> We still do not have the reverse engineering support since it is
>>>> technically quite hard.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why is that so hard?
>>>
>>> In the Graphic first model, we have:
>>>
>>> Graphic -- represents --> Object Model -- serialize --> XML model
>>>
>>> In the reverse directions we have:
>>>
>>> XML model -- de-serialize --> Object Model -- represents --> Graphic
>>>
>>> If the design is right, I see no issues doing this.
>>>
>>>
>>>> At the moment, we are focusing on completing the mediators and
>>>> improving look and feel of the editor.
>>>>
>>>> Review is scheduled for this Wednesday (01/02/2012) and we will be able
>>>> to give a pack for testing after that. At the moment, this editor is not
>>>> being connected with C-App concepts (i.e it is there as a separate feature
>>>> where users can create a synapse configuration).
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Chathuri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Viraj Rajaguru <vi...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Fixes for the above mentioned issues will be available in "Overall
>>>>> Milestone Plan CS 2.0.0" [1]. Some fixes are already done.
>>>>>
>>>>> We do not have the reverse engineering support yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> We are supporting following mediators.
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Log Mediator
>>>>>    - Drop Mediator
>>>>>    - Property Mediator
>>>>>    - Enrich Mediator
>>>>>    - Send Mediator
>>>>>    - Filter Mediator
>>>>>    - Switch Mediator
>>>>>    - XSLT Mediator
>>>>>    - Fault Mediator
>>>>>    - Header Mediator
>>>>>    - DBLookup Mediator
>>>>>    - DBReport Mediator
>>>>>    - Clone Mediator
>>>>>    - Iterate Mediator
>>>>>    - Aggregate Mediator
>>>>>    - Callout Mediator
>>>>>    - Transaction Mediator
>>>>>    - RMSequence Mediator
>>>>>
>>>>> And also graphical implementation of around 12 new mediators have been
>>>>> done. Only serialization logic has to be implemented for them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/a/wso2.com/document/d/1gTLfLBuEphtHesJf_eSyHNLcisrogEW8Aw4v-2R-iFQ/edit?hl=en_US
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 7:22 AM, Samisa Abeysinghe <sam...@wso2.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the ETA for these fixes? In other words, in which milestone
>>>>>> would these fixes be available?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do we have reverse engineering support now? Meaning, can I edit the
>>>>>> source and it will reflect the changes in the graphical view.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many meadiators are supported?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the plan for testing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On mediators, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Viraj Rajaguru <vi...@wso2.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We had a discussion on ESB Graphical Editor with Hiranya. In this
>>>>>>> discussion we figured out how to overcome existing issues in the editor.
>>>>>>> Followings are the proposed solutions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    - We are not going to represent Local Entries graphically inside
>>>>>>>    the editor, Instead we put them on the tool palette.Then user can 
>>>>>>> add them
>>>>>>>    to relevant mediators using the context menu.
>>>>>>>    - And also we can add defined sequences to "receive" attribute
>>>>>>>    in the "Send Mediator" using the context menu as above. It is not 
>>>>>>> necessary
>>>>>>>    to represent this relationship in graphically.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And also following issues were recognized in this discussion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    - When we add a new Sequence, a dialog box should not be
>>>>>>>    appeared to request a name for sequence.
>>>>>>>    - In Failover endpoint, Loadbalance endpoint, Switch mediator
>>>>>>>    and Clone mediator, there should not be an option to add output 
>>>>>>> connectors
>>>>>>>    manually.It should be automated.
>>>>>>>    - File name should be appeared in the editor header.
>>>>>>>    - Defined endpoints should also go to the pallet as re-usable
>>>>>>>    components.
>>>>>>>    - Endpoints in the border should be handled in a better way.
>>>>>>>    - When open the sequence editor diagram, area for the diagram
>>>>>>>    should be auto generated.
>>>>>>>    - Name of the sequence should be displayed in the top of the
>>>>>>>    page as well as in the sequence.
>>>>>>>    - Name of the mediators and endpoints should be appeared in
>>>>>>>    their figure.
>>>>>>>    - Mediator grouping should be added.
>>>>>>>    - A suitable extensions should be used for ESB Graphical editor
>>>>>>>    files and for Sequence editor files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Viraj Rajaguru <vi...@wso2.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi ,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried to generate a Sample Synapse Configuration (See attached
>>>>>>>> file "Synapse Configuration - Example 1.txt") using the ESB Graphical
>>>>>>>> editor. There were some issues while design the diagram.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    - How can we represent the Local Entry graphically ?
>>>>>>>>    - Send mediator has only input connector and output connector
>>>>>>>>    (See attached "Send_Mediator.png"). How can we represent the value 
>>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>>>    "receive" attribute in Send mediator.(For a example, <send
>>>>>>>>    receive="geoResponseSeq"> .In this case "geoResponseSeq" is a 
>>>>>>>> defined
>>>>>>>>    sequence.How can we represent this relationship between "sequence" 
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>    "Send mediator" inside the graphical editor.) ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please comment on these issues if you have any idea.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Screen shots for Relevant Diagram for the "Synapse Configuration -
>>>>>>>> Example 1" and the generated Synapse configuration are attached with 
>>>>>>>> this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> *Viraj Rajaguru*
>>>>>>>> email: vi...@wso2.com <email%3avi...@wso2.com> cell: +94 77 3683068
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Viraj Rajaguru*
>>>>>>> email: vi...@wso2.com <email%3avi...@wso2.com> cell: +94 77 3683068
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Samisa...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Samisa Abeysinghe
>>>>>> VP Engineering
>>>>>> WSO2 Inc.
>>>>>> http://wso2.com
>>>>>> http://wso2.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> *Viraj Rajaguru*
>>>>> email: vi...@wso2.com <email%3avi...@wso2.com> cell: +94 77 3683068
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Chathuri Wimalasena
>>>> Senior Software Engineer; WSO2, Inc.;  http://wso2.com/
>>>> email: chath...@wso2.com; phone: +94 772 608 596
>>>> blog: http://chathuriwimalasena.blogspot.com/
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>>> Samisa...
>>>
>>> Samisa Abeysinghe
>>> VP Engineering
>>> WSO2 Inc.
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>>
>> --
>> *Viraj Rajaguru*
>> email: vi...@wso2.com <email%3avi...@wso2.com> cell: +94 77 3683068
>>
>>
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