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Adding custom properties for UML items? [message #476086]

Sun, 04 January 2009 11:23

Johan

Messages: 39
Registered: July 2009

Member

Hi,

If one or more UML items (such as a class, a state,
a transition etc) is selected in the diagram, the
various properties of the selected object(s) can be
displayed in the properties view.

For various reasons, I need to add extra properties
for some UML items. I therefore need to:

- Have additional selections in the properties view, such
as an extra property tab that contains my own custom
property parameters.

- These extra properties needs to be stored in the XMI file
when the file is saved, and reloaded on file open.

Examples of what I need to do is to add specific GUI
settings that control code generation of certain UML
items etc. Furthermore, I might need to add "global"
settings for things like what O/S the generated code
should be adapted for, etc.

Does anyone know if there are any extension points
in the UML2Tools GUI that allows custom property
parameters, and if these then can be saved in the
XMI file?

If not, how can such functionality be built otherwise?

Any feedback most appreciated!

Kind regards,
Johan

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Re: Adding custom properties for UML items? [message #476167 is a reply to message #476086]

Sun, 04 January 2009 12:24

Ed Merks

Messages: 33137
Registered: July 2009

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Johan,

This sounds like the type of thing normally done with Profiles.

http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/uml2/docs/articles/Intro duction_to_UML2_Profiles/article.html

Johan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If one or more UML items (such as a class, a state,
> a transition etc) is selected in the diagram, the
> various properties of the selected object(s) can be
> displayed in the properties view.
>
> For various reasons, I need to add extra properties
> for some UML items. I therefore need to:
>
> - Have additional selections in the properties view, such
> as an extra property tab that contains my own custom
> property parameters.
>
> - These extra properties needs to be stored in the XMI file
> when the file is saved, and reloaded on file open.
>
> Examples of what I need to do is to add specific GUI
> settings that control code generation of certain UML
> items etc. Furthermore, I might need to add "global"
> settings for things like what O/S the generated code
> should be adapted for, etc.
>
> Does anyone know if there are any extension points
> in the UML2Tools GUI that allows custom property
> parameters, and if these then can be saved in the
> XMI file?
>
> If not, how can such functionality be built otherwise?
>
> Any feedback most appreciated!
>
> Kind regards,
> Johan
>

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Johan, 
 
This sounds like the type of thing normally done with Profiles. 
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href=" http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/uml2/docs/articles/Intro duction_to_UML2_Profiles/article.html"> http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/uml2/docs/articles/Intro duction_to_UML2_Profiles/article.html</a> 
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Johan wrote:
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cite="mid:67d241f80549b284c62e5a64134dc241$1@www.eclipse.org"
type="cite">Hi,
 
 
If one or more UML items (such as a class, a state,
 
a transition etc) is selected in the diagram, the
 
various properties of the selected object(s) can be
 
displayed in the properties view.
 
 
For various reasons, I need to add extra properties
 
for some UML items. I therefore need to:
 
 
- Have additional selections in the properties view, such

Ed Merks
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