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| Questions about EPF [message #13741] |
Mon, 19 June 2006 21:49  |
 Alex Lam
Messages: 7
Registered: July 2009 |
Junior Member |
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Hi,
I just started using EPF and had some questions regarding its usage. I
hope this is the right place to ask my questions/post my comments.
All the following questions involve me creating a new plug-in that
references openup_basic and base_concepts in M3.
1. I define a new task and it uses the variability of contributes,
replaces, or extends with a task based in openup_basic. When I publish
my configuration and look at the task description, is there a way to
tell what the task's variability is?
Also, whenever I define a task with variability of contributes and
include my own steps (and publish the configuration), I cannot tell
which steps I contributed and which steps I obtained from openup_basic.
I think it would be helpful to know which parts of the task description
was inherited and which is new. Likewise when I extend or replace a task.
2. I declare a new role with a variability of contributes or replace
with a role based in openup_basic. When I publish my configuration and
look at the role description, is there a way to tell that the role has
been replaced or contributed to, i.e. modified from openup_basic?
Currently, it looks as if the role hasn't been changed at all from
openup_basic, even though it has.
3. Also, whenever I declare and extend a task (with a base in
openup_basic) and then look at its preview, I notice the preview is
different than when the configuration gets published? Is this how it is
suppose to be or is this a bug in EPF?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
-Alex
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| Re: Questions about EPF [message #13766 is a reply to message #13741] |
Tue, 20 June 2006 00:23  |
Ricardo Balduino
Messages: 191
Registered: July 2009 |
Senior Member |
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Hi Alex,
Regarding questions 1 and 2, currently there's no way to tell in the
published web site what got contributed or replaced. Contribution merges the
content in the parent element (the contributor 'disappears'). Replacement
substitutes the parent element. As for extensions, there should be a link
from one element to the other, so you can navigate to both.
If you want to specify an enhancement request in Bugzilla - or even better,
contribute the code for it - we would appreciate :-)
Regarding question 3, this is by design, there's no bug. The element preview
is supposed to show you the unresolved content, without the defined
variability. The browsing perspective and published web site show you the
resolved content (contributes, replaces or extends).
Regards,
Ricardo Balduino
EPF Committer.
"Alex Lam" <alex.lam@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:e7767b$2hd$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Hi,
>
> I just started using EPF and had some questions regarding its usage. I
> hope this is the right place to ask my questions/post my comments.
>
> All the following questions involve me creating a new plug-in that
> references openup_basic and base_concepts in M3.
>
> 1. I define a new task and it uses the variability of contributes,
> replaces, or extends with a task based in openup_basic. When I publish my
> configuration and look at the task description, is there a way to tell
> what the task's variability is?
>
> Also, whenever I define a task with variability of contributes and include
> my own steps (and publish the configuration), I cannot tell which steps I
> contributed and which steps I obtained from openup_basic. I think it would
> be helpful to know which parts of the task description was inherited and
> which is new. Likewise when I extend or replace a task.
>
> 2. I declare a new role with a variability of contributes or replace with
> a role based in openup_basic. When I publish my configuration and look at
> the role description, is there a way to tell that the role has been
> replaced or contributed to, i.e. modified from openup_basic? Currently, it
> looks as if the role hasn't been changed at all from openup_basic, even
> though it has.
>
> 3. Also, whenever I declare and extend a task (with a base in
> openup_basic) and then look at its preview, I notice the preview is
> different than when the configuration gets published? Is this how it is
> suppose to be or is this a bug in EPF?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
>
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| Re: Questions about EPF [message #564087 is a reply to message #13741] |
Tue, 20 June 2006 00:23 |
Ricardo Balduino
Messages: 191
Registered: July 2009 |
Senior Member |
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Hi Alex,
Regarding questions 1 and 2, currently there's no way to tell in the
published web site what got contributed or replaced. Contribution merges the
content in the parent element (the contributor 'disappears'). Replacement
substitutes the parent element. As for extensions, there should be a link
from one element to the other, so you can navigate to both.
If you want to specify an enhancement request in Bugzilla - or even better,
contribute the code for it - we would appreciate :-)
Regarding question 3, this is by design, there's no bug. The element preview
is supposed to show you the unresolved content, without the defined
variability. The browsing perspective and published web site show you the
resolved content (contributes, replaces or extends).
Regards,
Ricardo Balduino
EPF Committer.
"Alex Lam" <alex.lam@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:e7767b$2hd$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Hi,
>
> I just started using EPF and had some questions regarding its usage. I
> hope this is the right place to ask my questions/post my comments.
>
> All the following questions involve me creating a new plug-in that
> references openup_basic and base_concepts in M3.
>
> 1. I define a new task and it uses the variability of contributes,
> replaces, or extends with a task based in openup_basic. When I publish my
> configuration and look at the task description, is there a way to tell
> what the task's variability is?
>
> Also, whenever I define a task with variability of contributes and include
> my own steps (and publish the configuration), I cannot tell which steps I
> contributed and which steps I obtained from openup_basic. I think it would
> be helpful to know which parts of the task description was inherited and
> which is new. Likewise when I extend or replace a task.
>
> 2. I declare a new role with a variability of contributes or replace with
> a role based in openup_basic. When I publish my configuration and look at
> the role description, is there a way to tell that the role has been
> replaced or contributed to, i.e. modified from openup_basic? Currently, it
> looks as if the role hasn't been changed at all from openup_basic, even
> though it has.
>
> 3. Also, whenever I declare and extend a task (with a base in
> openup_basic) and then look at its preview, I notice the preview is
> different than when the configuration gets published? Is this how it is
> suppose to be or is this a bug in EPF?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
>
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