> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Rob van Maris > Verzonden: dinsdag 12 oktober 2004 14:19 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: RE: Uml2mmbase question > > > > > Van: Ernst Bunders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Onderwerp: Uml2mmbase question > > > > > > How can I create a reldef using an existing custom relation as > > > builder, but with it's own name. > > > I have a custom relation with some fields. I want to > create another > > > relation type just like this one, but with a different name. > > > If I extend my custom relation with a new one, but add no > fields, I > > > still get a new builder for the relation, which I don't want. > > Hi Ernst, > > At Quantiq I have created a similar tool. It generates a > complete MMBase application (e.g. all the files that should > go in WEB-INF/config/applications, including builders) from a > Poseidon UML model. > > I developed the initial version in the summer of 2003, > unaware that a similar tool was being created by Finalist at > the same time, to be made public a couple of months later. In > hindsight, this was not entirely coincidental, as I remember > discussing the idea for such a tool before moving from > Finalist to Quantiq. Consequently both Quantiq and Finalist > have developed a tool called Uml2MMBase. > > Overtime we needed more features, and since Finalist hasn't > provided sourcecode we continued development on our own tool. > We use it to create all our application and builder > XML-files, and it supports everything you need here, > including creating new reldefs the way you request. > > If you want I can give a short demo at the next developers > meeting. If there is demand, I might convince Quantiq > management to make it available with sourcecode.
I would be interested. Dous it allso produce a skeleton editing environment? I like that feature quite a lot (without knowing yet how usefull it turns out to be). Is your tool documented or downloadable somehwere? Ernst > > Rob van Maris > Technical Consultant > > Quantiq > xmedia & communication solutions > > Koninginneweg 11-13 > 1217 KP Hilversum > > T +31 (0)356257211 > M +31 (0)651444006 > E [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W http://www.quantiq.com > > >
