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[ATL] Cannot assign the same elements/reference multiple times [on progress] [message #796876]

Sun, 12 February 2012 18:51

Zheng Cheng

Messages: 15
Registered: February 2012

Junior Member

Hi, all

I have the following ATL rule.

rule mmA2mmB{
	from 
		A : MMA!TypeC
	to
		B : MMB!TypeC(
			refOne <- newElem,
                        refTwo <- newElem	
		),
		newElem : MMB!TypeD(
                        attr <- '12345'
                )
}

I am expected something like this:

<TypeC>
    <refOne attr='12345'>
    <refTwo attr='12345'>
</TypeC>

But, here is what I got

<TypeC>
    <refTwo attr='12345'>
</TypeC>

Of course, we could do something like below to overcome this issue:

rule mmA2mmB{
	from 
		A : MMA!TypeC
	to
		B : MMB!TypeC(
			refOne <- newElem,
                        refTwo <- newElemSame 
		),
		newElem : MMB!TypeD(
                        attr <- '12345'
                )
                newElemSame : MMB!TypeD(
                        attr <- '12345'
                )
}

But, it becomes very unpractical if you want to use pattern match from other rule.
(wiki.eclipse.org/ATL/User_Guide_-_The_ATL_Language#Simple_target_pattern_element)

May I ask is there other way to achieve my expectation? or any reason why ATL
won't allow me to reuse the elements?

[Updated on: Tue, 14 February 2012 14:55]

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Re: [ATL] Cannot assign the same elements/reference multiple times [on progress] [message #798336 is a reply to message #796876]

Tue, 14 February 2012 14:58

Zheng Cheng

Messages: 15
Registered: February 2012

Junior Member

Hi,

The question is still open. My understanding is that src(or created) elements are binding(assign) to a specific target elements. Thus, they are not navigable afterwards[1].

Might be the case that assign the same elements/reference multiple times is bad practice in ATL transforming.

Regards,
Zheng

[1] ATL tutorial. EclipseCon 2008, p. 20

[Updated on: Tue, 14 February 2012 15:00]

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