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Restrict the number of instances of an extension element [message #1829395]

Thu, 02 July 2020 15:24

Soulimane KAMNI

Messages: 20
Registered: February 2020

Junior Member

Hey,

I have created an extension element to be added to logical functions as child.

I create the element from the project explorer by adding the element to the logical function.

I am able to create as many as want of the extension elements.

My question is, how can I force capella to allow the user to create one and only one child element.

[Updated on: Thu, 02 July 2020 15:54]

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Re: Restrict the number of instances of an extension element [message #1829648 is a reply to message #1829395]

Wed, 08 July 2020 09:08

Felix Dorner

Messages: 392
Registered: December 2015

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I don't know if it's possible declaratively. But you can prevent appearance of the element creation action with the capella MDEMenuItemContribution extension point. For example here's what capella does to prevent addition of LogicalFunction elements in illegal places:

https://github.com/eclipse/capella/blob/feb0b32d0d63bbe304591c67bbe0fb3c2f73a3f7/core/plugins/org.polarsys.capella.core.data.menu.contributions/src/org/polarsys/capella/core/data/menu/contributions/la/LogicalFunctionItemContribution.java#L48

So you just would implement that interface, and in your selectionContribution method just check if the extension element already exists and return false in that case. Then hook up the extension like this:

https://github.com/eclipse/capella/blob/feb0b32d0d63bbe304591c67bbe0fb3c2f73a3f7/core/plugins/org.polarsys.capella.core.data.menu.contributions/plugin.xml#L313

Note that this only prevents creation of the element from the UI. From a semantic point, it would still be perfectly legal to have more than one extension element in the model, e.g. I'm not sure how you would handle "Copy/Paste" of your extension element into the same parent, etc.

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