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emf validation question [message #509239]

Thu, 21 January 2010 18:30

John Ye

Messages: 20
Registered: July 2009

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I have an emf model and editor generated from a wsdl file. I don't see validator code generated except interfaces with comments like:

"This doesn't really do anything, and it's not a real EMF artifact."

The default ValidateAction already does some work. It seems to be using EObjectValidator. I would like to add more validation such as uniqueness of keys.

Should I create a new EValidator and register it or use org.eclipse.emf.validation.constraintProviders extension?

A related question is cell editor validation, for example, I want to prevent duplicate keys from being entered. I am using PropertyEditingSupport. Should I override its getCellEditor method to set my own ICellEditorValidator or there is better way to do it?

Thanks a lot!
John

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Re: emf validation question [message #509398 is a reply to message #509239]

Fri, 22 January 2010 11:23

Ed Merks

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John,

Comments below.

John Ye wrote:
> I have an emf model and editor generated from a wsdl file. I don't see
> validator code generated except interfaces with comments like:
> "This doesn't really do anything, and it's not a real EMF artifact."
I'm not sure what you're referring to here.
>
> The default ValidateAction already does some work. It seems to be
> using EObjectValidator. I would like to add more validation such as
> uniqueness of keys.
If using IDs or EReference.eKeys aren't sufficient you can define your
own constraints in the model and then implement them in the generated
validator:
< http://help.eclipse.org/galil/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.e mf.doc/references/overview/EMF.Validation.html>

http://help.eclipse.org/galil/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.e mf.doc/references/overview/EMF.Validation.html

>
> Should I create a new EValidator and register it or use
> org.eclipse.emf.validation.constraintProviders extension?
It's possible to use the extended validation framework as well; it's not
clear you need that though.
>
> A related question is cell editor validation, for example, I want to
> prevent duplicate keys from being entered. I am using
> PropertyEditingSupport. Should I override its getCellEditor method to
> set my own ICellEditorValidator or there is better way to do it?
There isn't support within the property descriptors to do this type of
validation, so I suppose you'd need a specialized cell editor for that.
> Thanks a lot!
> John
>
>

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John, 
 
Comments below. 
 
John Ye wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:hja6fb$fvk$1@build.eclipse.org" type="cite">I
have an emf model and editor generated from a wsdl file. I don't see
validator code generated except interfaces with comments like: 
"This doesn't really do anything, and it's not a real EMF artifact."
 
</blockquote>
I'm not sure what you're referring to here. 
<blockquote cite="mid:hja6fb$fvk$1@build.eclipse.org" type="cite"> 
The default ValidateAction already does some work. It seems to be using
EObjectValidator. I would like to add more validation such as
uniqueness of keys.
 
</blockquote>
If using IDs or EReference.eKeys aren't sufficient you can define your
own constraints in the model and then implement them in the generated
validator:<a
href=" http://help.eclipse.org/galil/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.e mf.doc/references/overview/EMF.Validation.html"> 
</a>
<blockquote><a
href=" http://help.eclipse.org/galil/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.e mf.doc/references/overview/EMF.Validation.html"> http://help.eclipse.org/galil/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.e mf.doc/references/overview/EMF.Validation.html</a> 
</blockquote>
<blockquote cite="mid:hja6fb$fvk$1@build.eclipse.org" type="cite"> 
Should I create a new EValidator and register it or use
org.eclipse.emf.validation.constraintProviders extension?
 
</blockquote>
It's possible to use the extended validation framework as well; it's
not clear you need that though. 
<blockquote cite="mid:hja6fb$fvk$1@build.eclipse.org" type="cite"> 
A related question is cell editor validation, for example, I want to
prevent duplicate keys from being entered. I am using
PropertyEditingSupport. Should I override its getCellEditor method to
set my own ICellEditorValidator or there is better way to do it? 
</blockquote>
There isn't support within the property descriptors to do this type of
validation, so I suppose you'd need a specialized cell editor for that. 
<blockquote cite="mid:hja6fb$fvk$1@build.eclipse.org" type="cite">Thanks
a lot!
 
John
 
 
 
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Re: emf validation question [message #509555 is a reply to message #509398]

Fri, 22 January 2010 21:36

John Ye

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Registered: July 2009

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Ed,

Thanks for the tips. My ecore model is generated from wsdl, which itself is also generated and the original source doesn't support key and references.

Now I use setID on key attributes and validateAction is able to catch duplicate keys. I don't think composite keys are supported.

I ran into a new problem with implementing IGotoMarker. It seems that the default EValidator.MARKER only provides URI_ATTRIBUTE. How do I look up an EObject based on that information? I tried resource.getEObject, but it did not work.

Thanks,
John

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Re: emf validation question [message #509577 is a reply to message #509555]

Sat, 23 January 2010 04:13

John Ye

Messages: 20
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

EditUIMarkerHelper's getTargetObjects(editingDomain, marker) seems to do the trick of finding the right objects. This saves me a lot of time.

Thanks,
John

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