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How to import physical model structure from EMX files [message #513795]

Thu, 11 February 2010 05:56

Eclipse User

Hi everybody!

Currently i'm implementing a plug-in for our product which allows to use RSARTE state chart diagrams, so i have to parse EMX files. Logical part is OK, but with physical layout there are some things that puzzles me in the format. So i'm wondering that whether there is some specification of the GMF (and/or EMX) and how i should interpret certain attributes and values with in that?

To be more concrete I would add that i don't understand how to interpret targetAnchor and sourceAnchor tags from the following code.

<edges xmi:id="_Gu9ZoOr-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" element="_Gu0PsOr-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" source="_FsM8Ier-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" target="_GBqOwer-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA">
<children xmi:id="_Gu9Zo-r-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" type="TransitionLabelCompartment">
<children xmi:id="_Gu9Zper-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" type="Stereotype"/>
<children xmi:id="_Gu9Zpur-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" type="TransitionLabel"/>
<children xmi:id="_Gu9Zp-r-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" type="Triggers">
<styles xmi:type="umlnotation:UMLListCompartmentStyle" xmi:id="_Gu9ZqOr-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA"/>
</children>
<layoutConstraint xmi:type="notation:Bounds" xmi:id="_Gu9ZpOr-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" y="-186"/>
</children>
<styles xmi:type="umlnotation:UMLConnectorStyle" xmi:id="_Gu9Zoer-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" lineWidth="1" showStereotype="Text"/>
<bendpoints xmi:type="notation:RelativeBendpoints" xmi:id="_Gu9Zour-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" points="14, 1, -224, -13$214, -11, -24, -25"/>
<sourceAnchor xmi:type="notation:IdentityAnchor" xmi:id="_Gu9Zq-r-Ed6Rwe4xfQp3IA" id="(0.24952741,0.20037808)"/>
</edges>

I the documentation i only found that "An anchor is a routing constraint installed on edges to identify where the source/target views should anchor that edge". Do source and target anchors affects layout? It seems that components of id attribute lie between 0 and 1.... Does it mean anything?

Any comment could be helpful. Thanks in advance!

Fedor

Re: How to import physical model structure from EMX files [message #1714737 is a reply to message #513795]

Mon, 16 November 2015 05:13

Eclipse User

hey Fedor,

did u solve it?? i have the same problem and don't know how to use these attributes (points, sourceAnchor/id, targetAnchor/id ) to redraw the connections of the diagram!
it would really help me out, i need it for my thesis Sad

thanks in advance

Nana

Re: How to import physical model structure from EMX files [message #1720097 is a reply to message #1714737]

Thu, 14 January 2016 06:23

Eclipse User

Hi,

I solved it more or less but I'm still have some problems regarding SourceAnchor and TargetAnchor especially when one of them is missing. When both are provided there is no problem. Have you already solved the problems?

Thanks,
Fran

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