| Codegenerated UI Examples for model with a large number of EClasses [message #929563] |
Mon, 01 October 2012 11:11  |
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Hi,
We have a model with a large number(50) of EClasses already and the number is going to grow.
I like the EMF code generation feature for generating the Model, Edit(ItemProviders) and Editors. The problem I have is that one single editor will not suffice since we are dealing with so many objects.
I am planning to extend the EMF code generation (Create my own JET files) to create the User Interface for these objects.
I would like to have the guidelines for developing a User Interface capable of managing a large number of EClasses and also very intuitive to the user w.r.t Usability.
It will be great if you can refer any example applications.
Thanks in advance,
Ranjith
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| Re: Codegenerated UI Examples for model with a large number of EClasses [message #952406 is a reply to message #931392] |
Sun, 21 October 2012 08:32  |
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Ed,
I had a look at EEF and also ECP(EMF Client Platform).
From what I saw, EEF has enhanced the Properties View to provide a good Look and feel.
But, I liked the ECP look and feel better since it is very much closer to what we were thinking about...
- Having a navigator where the objects are created(Even compositions)
- Having an Editor for each object where each of the EStructuralFeatures are represented by generic Controls (like METextControl, MEBoolControl etc. )
However, from my understanding so far ECP sems to be tightly integrated with EMF-Store which is not really preferred for our use case since we want to persist the model into XML files.
So, two questions from me right now -
1) Can EEF generate Editors and Controls like ECP? If yes, can you pl. point us to some samples
2) If no, Can ECP be modified to not use EMF-Store and persist into XML files?
Thanks in advance,
Ranjith
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