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What is the best JavaFX diagram builder for Xtext language? [message #1742077]

Wed, 31 August 2016 03:38

Eclipse User

Dear all.

I would like to define some graphical representation of the code that was written with my DSL.

I found a couple of projects, e.g. FXDiagram that are providing tools for building these diagrams.

My questions are: do you know good libraries according to your experience?

Thank you in advance.
Stéphane.

[Updated on: Wed, 31 August 2016 03:47] by Moderator

Re: What is the best JavaFX diagram builder for Xtext language? [message #1742080 is a reply to message #1742077]

Wed, 31 August 2016 04:28

Eclipse User

I prefer model view frameworks, which don't allow changes of the underlying model via the diagram, e.g.:
FXDiagram: User decides what's in a diagram (graphically), layout semi-automatically, some nice reconcile operations to deal with model changes
KLighD: User scripts what's in a diagram, fully automatic layout, nice expand/collapse of container nodes inside the diagram
Graphviz: Hook up a code generator for your language that generates .dot files. Very simple to hook up in Xtext, but no GUI
Generic Graph View (discontinued): User models textually (scripts) what's in a diagram and how it's rendered

Some resources on that topic:
http://jankoehnlein.github.io/FXDiagram/
https://rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=328115
https://github.com/JanKoehnlein/Generic-Graph-View (discontinued)
http://www.slideshare.net/schwurbel/diagrams-xtext-and-ux (general issues with Xtext and graphics, views vs. editors, FXDiagram)
http://www.slideshare.net/schwurbel/graphical-views-for-xtext (general issues with Xtext, some comparison of Graphviz, GEF, GGV)
http://www.slideshare.net/schwurbel/a-fresh-look-at-graphical-editing-10023106 (views vs. editors, GVV)
http://www.slideshare.net/schwurbel/combining-text-and-graphics-in-eclipsebased-modeling-tools (general issues with Xtext and graphics)

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