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How to synchronise gmfgraph/gmfmap/gmfgen files? [message #505008]

Thu, 24 December 2009 05:56

h1055071

Messages: 335
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi, a GMF newbie here (though not new to Eclipse) so apologies if the
following question has been answered elsewhere.

I've been playing around with GMF and have created the following files
(and generated code) in order to create a simple diagram editor:

mymodel.ecore
mymodel.genmodel
mymodel.gmfgraph
mymodel.gmftool
mymodel.gmfmap
mymodel.gmfgen

Everything works fine. But now I want to change the figures and nodes as
defined in the .gmfgraph file. It seems that if I edit the .gmfgraph
file I have to then manually recreate the .gmfmap and .gmfgen files each
time (and thus the diagram code) as these do not "refresh" and reflect
the changes in the .gmfgraph file. What if I have made manual changes to
the original .gmfmap and .gmfgen files? Are these changes lost now? Or
am I missing something?

Thanks,

Phil

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Re: How to synchronise gmfgraph/gmfmap/gmfgen files? [message #506250 is a reply to message #505008]

Wed, 06 January 2010 17:10

h1055071

Messages: 335
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 24/12/2009 10:49, Phillipus wrote:
> Hi, a GMF newbie here (though not new to Eclipse) so apologies if the
> following question has been answered elsewhere.
>
> I've been playing around with GMF and have created the following files
> (and generated code) in order to create a simple diagram editor:
>
> mymodel.ecore
> mymodel.genmodel
> mymodel.gmfgraph
> mymodel.gmftool
> mymodel.gmfmap
> mymodel.gmfgen
>
> Everything works fine. But now I want to change the figures and nodes as
> defined in the .gmfgraph file. It seems that if I edit the .gmfgraph
> file I have to then manually recreate the .gmfmap and .gmfgen files each
> time (and thus the diagram code) as these do not "refresh" and reflect
> the changes in the .gmfgraph file. What if I have made manual changes to
> the original .gmfmap and .gmfgen files? Are these changes lost now? Or
> am I missing something?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil

It seems a simple question...and takers?

Thanks!

Phil

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Re: How to synchronise gmfgraph/gmfmap/gmfgen files? [message #506343 is a reply to message #506250]

Thu, 07 January 2010 08:08

Sven Krause

Messages: 119
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi Phil,

open the gmfmap and edit the grph right threre (expand the mapping until
the resource set loads and show the gmfgraph in the list). The gmfgen
can be regenerated over an existing one. The change should be merged.

Sven

Phillipus schrieb:
> On 24/12/2009 10:49, Phillipus wrote:
>> Hi, a GMF newbie here (though not new to Eclipse) so apologies if the
>> following question has been answered elsewhere.
>>
>> I've been playing around with GMF and have created the following files
>> (and generated code) in order to create a simple diagram editor:
>>
>> mymodel.ecore
>> mymodel.genmodel
>> mymodel.gmfgraph
>> mymodel.gmftool
>> mymodel.gmfmap
>> mymodel.gmfgen
>>
>> Everything works fine. But now I want to change the figures and nodes as
>> defined in the .gmfgraph file. It seems that if I edit the .gmfgraph
>> file I have to then manually recreate the .gmfmap and .gmfgen files each
>> time (and thus the diagram code) as these do not "refresh" and reflect
>> the changes in the .gmfgraph file. What if I have made manual changes to
>> the original .gmfmap and .gmfgen files? Are these changes lost now? Or
>> am I missing something?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil
>
> It seems a simple question...and takers?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Phil

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Re: How to synchronise gmfgraph/gmfmap/gmfgen files? [message #506516 is a reply to message #506343]

Thu, 07 January 2010 20:00

h1055071

Messages: 335
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 07/01/2010 08:08, Sven Krause wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> open the gmfmap and edit the grph right threre (expand the mapping until
> the resource set loads and show the gmfgraph in the list). The gmfgen
> can be regenerated over an existing one. The change should be merged.
>
> Sven
>
> Phillipus schrieb:
>> On 24/12/2009 10:49, Phillipus wrote:
>>> Hi, a GMF newbie here (though not new to Eclipse) so apologies if the
>>> following question has been answered elsewhere.
>>>
>>> I've been playing around with GMF and have created the following files
>>> (and generated code) in order to create a simple diagram editor:
>>>
>>> mymodel.ecore
>>> mymodel.genmodel
>>> mymodel.gmfgraph
>>> mymodel.gmftool
>>> mymodel.gmfmap
>>> mymodel.gmfgen
>>>
>>> Everything works fine. But now I want to change the figures and nodes as
>>> defined in the .gmfgraph file. It seems that if I edit the .gmfgraph
>>> file I have to then manually recreate the .gmfmap and .gmfgen files each
>>> time (and thus the diagram code) as these do not "refresh" and reflect
>>> the changes in the .gmfgraph file. What if I have made manual changes to
>>> the original .gmfmap and .gmfgen files? Are these changes lost now? Or
>>> am I missing something?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Phil
>>
>> It seems a simple question...and takers?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Phil

Thanks for that Sven! I shall try it.

Phil

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