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Copy&paste / drag&drop into (different) FeatureMap attributes [message #1699019]

Fri, 19 June 2015 14:11

Patrick Rammelt

Messages: 5
Registered: May 2014

Junior Member

It doesn't seem to be possible to paste / drop elements into a FeatureMap attribute from any other attribute. It only works if an elements is copied/dragged from the same attribute of another node of the same type.
I have attached a minimal xsd to show my problem.
Steps to reproduce:
Create model/edit/editor code from that xsd.
Create a structure containing two elements of type A and two elements of type B. Both have a "group" attribute which can hold arbitrary numbers of X and Y nodes (mixed). Now one is able to copy&paste / drag&drop say a X from one A to another A, but not from an A to a B and vice versa.
Is that a bug or is it meant that way? Is there a workaround. I already know that this couldn't be solved by simply overwriting ItemProviderAdapter#isValidValue(Object,Object,EStructuralFeature).

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Re: Copy&paste / drag&drop into (different) FeatureMap attributes [message #1699023 is a reply to message #1699019]

Fri, 19 June 2015 15:04

Ed Merks

Messages: 30366
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Patrick,

It sounds like a bug. Please open a bugzilla. I can't promise to look
at it very soon though...

On 19/06/2015 4:11 PM, Patrick Rammelt wrote:
> It doesn't seem to be possible to paste / drop elements into a FeatureMap attribute from any other attribute. It only works if an elements is copied/dragged from the same attribute of another node of the same type.
> I have attached a minimal xsd to show my problem.
> Steps to reproduce:
> Create model/edit/editor code from that xsd.
> Create a structure containing two elements of type A and two elements of type B. Both have a "group" attribute which can hold arbitrary numbers of X and Y nodes (mixed). Now one is able to copy&paste / drag&drop say a X from one A to another A, but not from an A to a B and vice versa.
> Is that a bug or is it meant that way? Is there a workaround. I already know that this couldn't be solved by simply overwriting ItemProviderAdapter#isValidValue(Object,Object,EStructuralFeature).

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