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Using EMF Compare to Compare Other Files [message #671160]

Mon, 16 May 2011 23:22

Frank

Messages: 7
Registered: May 2011

Junior Member

Greetings Everybody,

I was wondering if we can use EMF Compare to compare files other than .ecore .uml.

I have some models in an XML format and was wondering if there was a way of providing EMF Compare with the meta models and use it to compare those new formats.

Thanks in advance,
Frank

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Re: Using EMF Compare to Compare Other Files [message #696222 is a reply to message #671160]

Wed, 13 July 2011 14:23

Cedric Brun

Messages: 431
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Yes you definitely can, EMF Compare is able to compare any kind of EMF model, ecore and uml only being some of them.

See this blog post about comparing pom.xml for instance :

http://model-driven-blogging.blogspot.com/2011/06/comparing-pomxml-files-while-waiting.html

It also works in comparing xText based DSL for instance.

To enable EMF compare on another file extension, have a look on the FAQ :

http://wiki.eclipse.org/EMF_Compare/FAQ#Which_files_should_be_compared_via_EMF_Compare_.3F

http://cedric.brun.io news and articles on eclipse and eclipse modeling.

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