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How to add ChildDescriptors for EObjects which are in a different Plugins [message #1708208]

Mon, 14 September 2015 16:07

Phil Wim

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Hi,

what is the best way to register a new childDescriptor for EObjects which are within another plugin?

The only way i can think of is to add custom code to collectNewChildDescriptors of parent plugin. But this would stop the plugging approach since the child plugin needs to be added as dependency. Also i want to have the childcollectors still generated.

I also tried to add a extension point where i tried to receive the EObject with "createExecutableExtension" of IConfigurationElement. Unfortunately it throws an exception: can not access a member of class ... with modifiers "protected"

Maybe there's an more elegant way...

Thanks in advance
Philippe

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Re: How to add ChildDescriptors for EObjects which are in a different Plugins [message #1708228 is a reply to message #1708208]

Mon, 14 September 2015 18:35

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Phil,

Maybe
http://ed-merks.blogspot.com/2008/01/creating-children-you-didnt-know.html
addresses this issue.

On 14/09/2015 6:07 PM, Phil Wim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what is the best way to register a new childDescriptor for EObjects
> which are within another plugin?
>
> The only way i can think of is to add custom code to
> collectNewChildDescriptors of parent plugin. But this would stop the
> plugging approach since the child plugin needs to be added as
> dependency. Also i want to have the childcollectors still generated.
>
> I also tried to add a extension point where i tried to receive the
> EObject with "createExecutableExtension" of IConfigurationElement.
> Unfortunately it throws an exception: can not access a member of class
> ... with modifiers "protected"
>
> Maybe there's an more elegant way...
>
> Thanks in advance
> Philippe
>
>

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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Re: How to add ChildDescriptors for EObjects which are in a different Plugins [message #1708275 is a reply to message #1708228]

Tue, 15 September 2015 07:16

Phil Wim

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Ed,

I knew there would be an easy solution.

Thanks for pointing me out, that's exactly what i was looking for.

Phil

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Re: How to add ChildDescriptors for EObjects which are in a different Plugins [message #1708295 is a reply to message #1708228]

Tue, 15 September 2015 08:23

Phil Wim

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Hey Ed,

for a situation where I want to extend an an eclass which is within the extended plugin this approach works like a charm.

What if I already referenced an eclass in the plugin to extend?

Let's assume i have three plugins.

Plugin A
EClass Worker

Plugin B
EClass Server with EReference 0..n Worker

Plugin C
SpecialWorker extends Worker

Now i like to see SpecialWorker as child of Server. But when i'm setting Plugin B package property "Extensible Provider Factory" to true and SpecialWorker package property "Child Creation Extenders" also true. Nothing changed. No Special Worker in child creation context.

Now i thought Plugin B needs both properties set to true, because it's passing eclass worker trough. Also not succesfull.

Is this scenario possible at all?

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Re: How to add ChildDescriptors for EObjects which are in a different Plugins [message #1708298 is a reply to message #1708295]

Tue, 15 September 2015 09:19

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Phil,

What you show below is trickier. C knows nothing of B so it doesn't
know to generate child creation extenders for it. If B's GenModel knew
about C's GenPackage as a usedGenPackages, then it would generate the
right things... In the past I've considered making it possible to add
an additional kind of "usedGenPackages" reference for this specific
purpose, but I've done no work for it. One approach to kind of hack it
is to add C's GenPackage to B'c usedGenPackages manually. It might
create undesirable dependencies in package initialization and the
manifest, but you could let it generate the child extension stuff and
then you could mark then so they aren't merged away once you remove C's
GenPackage and regenerate again...

On 15/09/2015 10:23 AM, Phil Wim wrote:
> Hey Ed,
>
> for a situation where I want to extend an an eclass which is within
> the extended plugin this approach works like a charm.
> What if I already referenced an eclass in the plugin to extend?
> Let's assume i have three plugins.
>
> Plugin A
> EClass Worker
>
> Plugin B
> EClass Server with EReference 0..n Worker
>
> Plugin C
> SpecialWorker extends Worker
>
> Now i like to see SpecialWorker as child of Server. But when i'm
> setting Plugin B package property "Extensible Provider Factory" to
> true and SpecialWorker package property "Child Creation Extenders"
> also true. Nothing changed. No Special Worker in child creation context.
> Now i thought Plugin B needs both properties set to true, because it's
> passing eclass worker trough. Also not succesfull.
>
> Is this scenario possible at all?

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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Re: How to add ChildDescriptors for EObjects which are in a different Plugins [message #1708301 is a reply to message #1708298]

Tue, 15 September 2015 10:02

Phil Wim

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Do i need to set usedGenPackages directly in xml?

Without testing it, is my assumption correct that project specific extensions are not possible with the above described structure? This extension is just for a small project and couldn't be used in other projects.

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Re: How to add ChildDescriptors for EObjects which are in a different Plugins [message #1708336 is a reply to message #1708301]

Tue, 15 September 2015 15:20

Ed Merks

Messages: 33133
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Phil,

Comments below.

On 15/09/2015 12:02 PM, Phil Wim wrote:
> Do i need to set usedGenPackages directly in xml?
Pretty much. I'm not sure the reload wizard lets you load a GenModel
and select a GenPackage that isn't actually used/needed.
> Without testing it, is my assumption correct that project specific
> extensions are not possible with the above described structure?
Sorry, I'm not sure exactly what you mean...
> This extension is just for a small project and couldn't be used in
> other projects.

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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