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How scoping works on Ecore Editor ? [message #1806538]

Fri, 10 May 2019 09:10

Marshall Charron

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Hi,

I have a metamodel that is generated by Xtext from a syntax of DSL named DSL1.

Within this DSL I make a cross reference to another DSL say DSL2.

Now, I created a dynamique instance in the Ecore Editor of DSL1. I also created a dynamique instance of DSL2 in the Ecore Editor.

When I want to specify the cross reference in the Editor, it is empty (I guess there is nothing in the scope). In Xtext, the scoping is handled in the ScopeProvider.

How can I achieve that in the Ecore Editor ?

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Re: How scoping works on Ecore Editor ? [message #1806543 is a reply to message #1806538]

Fri, 10 May 2019 09:28

Ed Merks

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You need to load the resource you want to reference into the resource set of the editor. You can do that via the context menu, Load Resource, or by dragging and dropping the file from the workspace onto the open editor.

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Re: How scoping works on Ecore Editor ? [message #1806544 is a reply to message #1806543]

Fri, 10 May 2019 09:38

Marshall Charron

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I tried that but it does not work, and it makes sense because there is no scope provider in the Ecore Editor ?

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Re: How scoping works on Ecore Editor ? [message #1806549 is a reply to message #1806544]

Fri, 10 May 2019 10:40

Christian Dietrich

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you would need to have a resource service provider for xmi files
is there any reason you dont create yourdsl files?

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Re: How scoping works on Ecore Editor ? [message #1806555 is a reply to message #1806549]

Fri, 10 May 2019 10:54

Marshall Charron

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I got my dsl file, if you mean an Xtext project. But I use the metamodel in another project and I want to apply some transformations using ATL on the instances.

How can make a provider for xmi ?

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