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[M2M] How to transform UML2 model to EMF model [message #515914]

Mon, 22 February 2010 03:44

Eclipse User

Hello,

First of all, I'm new on this forum and in eclipse "world" so if I'm posting at a wrong place, just tell me, thanks

I'm trying to implement a full MDD solutions based on eclipse frameworks :

1 - Modeling with UML2 tools (with my own profile and stereotypes)
2 - Generating Java and PHP code from this model

I digged as much as I could in eclipse forums and google answers to find howto/tutorial/doc about this subject. At the end, I conclude I had to do something like this

1 - Create UML2 profile
2 - Create EMF meta model (linked to my UML profile)
3 - Use OAW to generate code from model created from my EMF meta model (I know oaw is now part of eclipse project but I didn't have time to figure how it has been split, so I still refer to it as oaw).

So here I am, is it possible to have M2M transformation from an UML2 model based on profile/stereotype to EMF model based on meta model ?

Thank you very much ?

Joachim

Re: [M2M] How to transform UML2 model to EMF model [message #516191 is a reply to message #515914]

Tue, 23 February 2010 01:35

Eclipse User

Hi Joachim

> So here I am, is it possible to have M2M transformation from an UML2
> model based on profile/stereotype to EMF model based on meta model ?

It's standard UML2 functionality, not M2M.

Open your UML model in the UML editor, select the root Package, then
invoke UML Editor->Convert To->Ecore Model..., or programmatically
look at UMLUtil.convertToEcore().

Regards

Ed Willink

Re: [M2M] How to transform UML2 model to EMF model [message #516271 is a reply to message #516191]

Tue, 23 February 2010 08:14

Eclipse User

Hey Edouard,

I tried to convert my UML model but I don't think it's what I want to do. Let me explain.

I created my own UML profile.
I created an ecore meta model as well (in order to use oaw workflow for code generation).
Both these profile and meta model are related to same domain and quite "identical".

Now, I create a new UML diagram based on my UML profile. As I know, xmi of this this model is EMF based.
I would like to transform my UML xmi to an Ecore model based on my Ecore meta model.
Result of this operation should be exactly the same than if I had design my EMF model with an generated editor from my meta model.

Am I clear ?

Thx

Joachim

Re: [M2M] How to transform UML2 model to EMF model [message #516291 is a reply to message #516271]

Tue, 23 February 2010 09:20

Eclipse User

Hi Joachim,

Am 23.02.2010 14:14, schrieb Joachim Habib:

> Now, I create a new UML diagram based on my UML profile. As I know, xmi
> of this this model is EMF based.
> I would like to transform my UML xmi to an Ecore model based on my Ecore
> meta model. Result of this operation should be exactly the same than if
> I had design my EMF model with an generated editor from my meta model.

how would you (generically) map UML superstructure features to your
ecore model, e.g. StructuredClassifier.ownedAttribute representing a
classifier's attributes? In order to be fully aligned with an ecore
model, your profile would have to define each of these relations
explicitly between its stereotypes. Actually this IS technically
possible. However, the virtue of profiles is the functionality provided
by the UML core, which would be lost in this case.

However, you may of course define model transformations for a specific
profile / ecore model e.g. using M2T Xtend (with the UML2MetaModel
enabled). It might also work with ATL, haven't checked this though.

Best regards,
Erhard Weinell

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