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| Metamodel registration [message #1706556] |
Thu, 27 August 2015 16:40  |
 Edouard R. Batot
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Hi folks,
I guess the title is explicit : I'm trying to make Eclipse understand with which metamodels I'm dealing.
ATL offers a contextual menu entitled "Register metamodel" but it has disapeared when I last rebooted my workspace. No way to get it back. Hence, it shows well the plugin dependency we develop using IDEs.
I've posted on the ATL community, but it doesn't seem much alive.
Then, how to register an Ecore metamodel into the Eclipse platform in order to handle its XMI models ?
Thanks,
Edouard
PS : I'm running Eclipse 4.5 "modeling tools" with ATL 3.6 installed.
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| Re: Metamodel registration [message #1706597 is a reply to message #1706556] |
Fri, 28 August 2015 04:27  |
Ed Merks
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Edoaurd,
I can't comment on ATL functionality. I assume this has something to
do with registering a model that's in your workspace, because models
you've deployed are registered by their plugin.xml. If you have an
Ecore model in your workspace, you'll notice on an EClass's context menu
there is a "Create Dynamic Instance..." and if you look at the instance
that's created, you'll see it has an xsi:schemaLocation that allows the
model to be found without registration.
On 27/08/2015 6:40 PM, Edoaurd Batot wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I guess the title is explicit : I'm trying to make Eclipse understand
> with which metamodels I'm dealing.
>
> ATL offers a contextual menu entitled "Register metamodel" but it has
> disapeared when I last rebooted my workspace. No way to get it back.
> Hence, it shows well the plugin dependency we develop using IDEs. I've
> posted on the ATL community, but it doesn't seem much alive.
> Then, how to register an Ecore metamodel on Eclipse in order to handle
> its XMI models ?
>
> Thanks,
> Edouard
Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/
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| Re: Metamodel registration [message #1706618 is a reply to message #1706556] |
Fri, 28 August 2015 07:53 |
Ed Willink
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HI
You don't mention which version of Eclipse you are using.
Eclipse Luna could be a bit slow at populating context menus, sometimes
requiring an explicit selection of an interesting target to discover the
menu content. This seems to be fixed in Mars.
If a few selects don't restore the menu, try a few activities that wake
ATL up. Edit an ATL file, run an example transformation, debug an
example transformation, edit a launch configuration.
(If ATL populates the global package registry, that is a bit dubious but
interactively you can be free to do hard to reproduce things. QVTo, for
instance, provides a persistent registration through its project
settings. QVTd, Xtend understand the classpath.)
Regards
Ed Willink
On 27/08/2015 17:40, Edoaurd Batot wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I guess the title is explicit : I'm trying to make Eclipse understand
> with which metamodels I'm dealing.
>
> ATL offers a contextual menu entitled "Register metamodel" but it has
> disapeared when I last rebooted my workspace. No way to get it back.
> Hence, it shows well the plugin dependency we develop using IDEs. I've
> posted on the ATL community, but it doesn't seem much alive.
> Then, how to register an Ecore metamodel on Eclipse in order to handle
> its XMI models ?
>
> Thanks,
> Edouard
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| Re: Metamodel registration [message #1706695 is a reply to message #1706556] |
Fri, 28 August 2015 18:30 |
Edouard R. Batot
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Registered: March 2015 |
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Hey Eds,
thank you for your answer, both sides are under exploration.
First of all, I have an Eclipse 4.5 installed, namely Mars. I've cleaned the repository and put back a brand newly downloaded copy of our favorite IDE using its "Modeling tools" robe. I then installed ATL/EMFTV (the only way I know of registering metamodels) and svn plugin.
ATL works : I can edit and run transformations. I've warmed it up but the context buttons don't come back. Where it gets creepy is that I just realized that even the ""Create Dynamic Instance..."" button isn't visible !
(svn works too, perfectly)
On the XMI attribute about schema location...
Quote:if you look at the instance that's created, you'll see it has an xsi:schemaLocation that allows the model to be found without registration.
Do you mean that I could put in the generated instances the exact and absolute location of the Ecore they conform to ?
I've tried to add the parameter 'xsi:schemaLocation="platform:/resource/.../my_mm.ecore"' with no results.
I've tried to erase completely Eclipse and "install" it again, but it looks like it loads something hidden at startup. Hence, the new configuration turns back to be the same "no button I'm looking for" one.
Do you have any suggestion to make a clean reboot ?
Is there any folder/registry key I should be aware in this intent ?
I've also had a look around about that "registering" issue, and what google answers me is that registering metamodels is a nightmare in Eclipse.
Thanks for your help.
Have a good day,
Edouard
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| Re: Metamodel registration [message #1706723 is a reply to message #1706695] |
Sat, 29 August 2015 07:44 |
Ed Merks
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Edoaurd,
Comments below.
On 28/08/2015 8:30 PM, Edoaurd Batot wrote:
> Hey Eds,
>
> thank you for your answer, both sides are under exploration.
> First of all, I have an Eclipse 4.5 installed, namely Mars. I've
> cleaned the repository and put back a brand newly downloaded copy of
> our favorite IDE using its "Modeling tools" robe. I then installed
> ATL/EMFTV (the only way I know of registering metamodels) and svn plugin.
>
> ATL works : I can edit and run transformations. I've warmed it up but
> the context buttons don't come back. Where it gets creepy is that I
> just realized that even the ""Create Dynamic Instance..."" button
> isn't visible !
> (svn works too, perfectly)
Perhaps there are clues in the Error Log view?
It must be available in the context menu of the Sample Ecore Editor
though...
>
> On the XMI attribute about schema location...
> Quote:
>> if you look at the instance that's created, you'll see it has an
>> xsi:schemaLocation that allows the model to be found without
>> registration.
>
> Do you mean that I could put in the generated instances the exact and
> absolute location of the Ecore they conform to ?
Or a relative location, but I know that doesn't make the resource very
"mobile".
> I've tried to add the parameter
> 'xsi:schemaLocation="platform:/resource/.../my_mm.ecore"' with no
> results.
Are you able to load the instance in the Sample Ecore Editor?
> I've tried to erase completely Eclipse and "install" it again, but it
> looks like it loads something hidden at startup. Hence, the new
> configuration turns back to be the same "no button I'm looking for" one.
>
> Do you have any suggestion to make a clean reboot ? Is there any
> folder/registry key I should be aware in this intent ?
Not that I know of, but it's an ATL question.
> I've also had a look around about that "registering" issue, and what
> google answers me is that registering metamodels is a nightmare in
> Eclipse.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Have a good day,
> Edouard
Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/
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| Re: Metamodel registration [message #1707054 is a reply to message #1706723] |
Tue, 01 September 2015 20:56 |
Edouard R. Batot
Messages: 100
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Hi Eds,
Comments intermingled below 
>> ATL works : I can edit and run transformations. I've warmed it up but
>> the context buttons don't come back. Where it gets creepy is that I
>> just realized that even the ""Create Dynamic Instance..."" button
>> isn't visible !
>> (svn works too, perfectly)
>Perhaps there are clues in the Error Log view?
>
>It must be available in the context menu of the Sample Ecore Editor
>though...
This one came back. I don't know why, but it is now working.
I try to use the generated links in my models, but still, I've got errors (from Package/ClassNotfound to UnresolvedReference). This metamodel I'm testing is ATL2 metamodel from MetamodelZoo. Its 2 root packages may interfer. Other metamodels only have the classic Package/ClassNotFound errors.
>> Do you mean that I could put in the generated instances the exact and
>> absolute location of the Ecore they conform to ?
>Or a relative location, but I know that doesn't make the resource very
>"mobile".
As long as I can do some checking on the instances, I would not complain ! 
>> I've tried to add the parameter
>> 'xsi:schemaLocation="platform:/resource/.../my_mm.ecore"' with no
>> results.
>Are you able to load the instance in the Sample Ecore Editor?
Nop, I've got the same PackageNotFound as ever.
But (there's always a "but"), I can open the instances generated from the "Create dynamic instance..." feature. (Which doesn't seem to make any sense... if I can open one instance, it means that the metamodel is registered, isn't it ?)
Thanks for your help, I'll keep up with the digging.
Have a good day,
Edouard
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