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"Save as" with multiple file formats [message #640834]

Tue, 23 November 2010 10:31

Michael Jastram

Messages: 235
Registered: April 2010
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany

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Howdy,

I have a data model that can be persisted in two different file formats - so far so good. At least for now, the two formats have different file extensions. So I simply created two extensions of org.eclipse.emf.ecore.extension_parser - so far so good. I also registered the same editor for both file extensions - this works.

My problem: I was hoping that I could switch from one file format to the other by opening the model in the editor, and then simply doing a "Save as" operation with the other file extension. But this doesn't work - it simply writes the model in the original format.

Before I start hacking something together I wanted to ask here for the "right" way to address this issue.

Thanks,

- Michael

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Re: "Save as" with multiple file formats [message #640991 is a reply to message #640834]

Tue, 23 November 2010 18:57

Ed Merks

Messages: 33139
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Michael,

Comments below.

Michael Jastram wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I have a data model that can be persisted in two different file
> formats - so far so good. At least for now, the two formats have
> different file extensions. So I simply created two extensions of
> org.eclipse.emf.ecore.extension_parser - so far so good. I also
> registered the same editor for both file extensions - this works.
>
> My problem: I was hoping that I could switch from one file format to
> the other by opening the model in the editor, and then simply doing a
> "Save as" operation with the other file extension. But this doesn't
> work - it simply writes the model in the original format.
>
> Before I start hacking something together I wanted to ask here for the
> "right" way to address this issue.
You can look at EcoreEditor to see how it deals with saves for *.emof
verses *.ecore, which represent two different formats for saving Ecore
instances.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Michael

Ed Merks
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