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Graphiti as Multiple Xml Editor [message #760438]

Fri, 02 December 2011 11:30

mcd

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Registered: December 2011

Junior Member

Hello!

Im working on an Eclipse plugin. What I want to do is making a custom editor that can open xml files. I want to show a Flow diagram based on that file and I want to allow changes in the diagram. After saving the file I want to save back to Xml. Is it possible to do that?

If not, I have already parsed the Xml files and I have a EMF model that contains everything that the Xml files contains. Can I load a EMF object into Graphiti?

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Re: Graphiti as Multiple Xml Editor [message #760775 is a reply to message #760438]

Mon, 05 December 2011 09:09

Michael Wenz

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Location: Walldorf, Germany

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I not sure what you exactly mean with "loading"...

I would simply write a Graphiti editor that works with the EMF model you
already have. By adding graphitical representations of your model objects
you will create links to these objects and they will get loaded inside your
diagram editor.

HTH,
Michael

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Re: Graphiti as Multiple Xml Editor [message #761163 is a reply to message #760775]

Tue, 06 December 2011 02:22

mcd

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Registered: December 2011

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Load means that I have a custom Xml file format that I want to parse and show as an editable diagram.

What I want to do is a graphical Xml editor with diagrams.

I already wrote the Xml to EMF and EMF to Xml functions, but I want to know that Graphiti can show the EMF object as a diagram.

If so, then can I capture the "Save" editor event to use my custom EMF to Xml implementation?

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Re: Graphiti as Multiple Xml Editor [message #762619 is a reply to message #761163]

Thu, 08 December 2011 11:54

Michael Wenz

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Graphiti can surely be used to create visual representations of any EMF
objects you have.

You can also capture the save event, but that will mean for now you have to
override the method doSave of the currently internal class
DiagramEditorInternal. For the next release we are working on making the
editor public API.

Michael

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Re: Graphiti as Multiple Xml Editor [message #762652 is a reply to message #762619]

Thu, 08 December 2011 12:59

mcd

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Sounds very promising

Can you give me a hint about how I can feed my EMF object to the GMF editor?

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Re: Graphiti as Multiple Xml Editor [message #763137 is a reply to message #762652]

Fri, 09 December 2011 08:40

Michael Wenz

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Sorry? I thought you wanted to build a Graphiti editor?

Michael

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Re: Graphiti as Multiple Xml Editor [message #763330 is a reply to message #763137]

Fri, 09 December 2011 15:25

mcd

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Registered: December 2011

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I want to do an Eclipse graphical editor with Graphiti. What i want to do is to feed the editor with xml files and let the user edit (save, load, view) the xml file with a graphical tool.
Is it possible to do that?

And is it possible to feed the graphical editor from multiple xml files and save the graphical editor changes to multiple xml files?

The xml files has a predefined syntax.

I have already did a parser that parses all the xml files, and make an EMF Object (!).

[Updated on: Fri, 09 December 2011 15:27]

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