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How to get notation by domain model element? [message #482600] Thu, 27 August 2009 04:54 Go to next message
Vitaly Savicks is currently offline Vitaly Savicks
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Hi,

Can anyone please explain how is domain model linked to notation model of
the GMF? I know there's a link from notation to domain, but is there a way
to traverse in the opposite way, say if I've got a domain model's element
and I need to get the notation or edit part from the current editor that
corresponds to this domain element?

Any help appreciated!

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Re: How to get notation by domain model element? [message #482614 is a reply to message #482600] Thu, 27 August 2009 05:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Alexander Shatalin is currently offline Alexander Shatalin
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Hello Vitaly,

Such link does not exists.
You need to traverse particular diagram structure (or use EMF CrossReferenceAdapter)
to locate notation model elements referencing corresponding domain model one.

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Alex Shatalin

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Re: How to get notation by domain model element? [message #482628 is a reply to message #482614] Thu, 27 August 2009 07:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Vitaly Savicks is currently offline Vitaly Savicks
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Thanks Alex,

I have found this bit somewhere (for anyone interested), which kind of
allows to do it:

IDiagramGraphicalViewer viewer = editor.getDiagramGraphicalViewer();
List editParts =
viewer.findEditPartsForElement(EMFCoreUtil.getProxyID(elemen t),
EditPart.class);

but of course it's not an optimal way. I just thought that there exists an
opposite of ViewUtil.resolveSemanticElement(view). Now at least I know
there isn't and no need to spend more time on searching.

In that case can I somehow remove a diagram element just by having a
reference to (and using only) a domain element? I've noticed that the
creation of domain element using pure EMF commands, say
org.eclipse.emf.edit.command.AddCommand automatically creates
corresponding view on the diagram, but removal (RemoveCommand) does not. I
know I can use editpart's getCommand() or to manually create a composite
one using DestroyElementCommand to remove both view and domain elements,
but in my tool's specific listener I only work on the domain model and
don't want to clutter it with many dependencies on GMF front-end.

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Re: How to get notation by domain model element? [message #482852 is a reply to message #482628] Fri, 28 August 2009 06:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Alexander Shatalin is currently offline Alexander Shatalin
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Hello Vitaly,

If you have synchronized diagram then corresponding diagram element will
be automatically removed then you open diagram/save domain model file/commig
corresponding modification to the domain model.

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Alex Shatalin

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Re: How to get notation by domain model element? [message #482945 is a reply to message #482852] Fri, 28 August 2009 12:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Vitaly Savicks is currently offline Vitaly Savicks
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Thanks Alex

Yes, that is what I have expected to happen indeed and what I actually
observed on a generated mockup editor. Unfortunately this isn't the case
for the editor I'm working with. I presume it's not synchronising the
diagram automatically. Is there an easy way to force it to synchronise
with a domain model (a programmatic way without modification of the editor
plug-in)? I hope this is my final question:)

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Re: How to get notation by domain model element? [message #483141 is a reply to message #482945] Mon, 31 August 2009 06:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Alexander Shatalin is currently offline Alexander Shatalin
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Hello Vitaly,

You can always call generated ???CaninicalEditPolicy (just like it is done
on pressing F5 button).

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Alex Shatalin

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Re: How to get notation by domain model element? [message #483494 is a reply to message #482628] Tue, 01 September 2009 14:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: bugzillaprince.live.com

Hi,

Saw your workaround and was wondering what editor was

Aaron

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Re: How to get notation by domain model element? [message #664463 is a reply to message #482628] Sat, 09 April 2011 00:03 Go to previous message
Abhishek Chakraborty is currently offline Abhishek Chakraborty
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thanks the solution helped me...

Regards,
Abhishek Chakraborty

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