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[Xpand] Issues retrieving enumeration literal from UML stereotype property [message #647539]

Thu, 06 January 2011 22:44

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I am using Xpand templates to generate code from a UML model that uses custom profile stereotypes. When I tried to use the following line in my Xpand template to get the value of a stereotype property (implemented as an enum)...

«this.getValue(this.getAppliedStereotype(MyProfile::MyMeter .toString()), "level")»

I get the following output in the target file:

org.eclipse.uml2.uml.internal.impl.EnumerationLiteralImpl@4dd84dd8 (name: LOW, visibility: <unset>)

What additional steps do I need to make to just get the enumeration literal value "LOW" to be the output? I've been trying different variations without much success.

Thanks!

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Re: [Xpand] Issues retrieving enumeration literal from UML stereotype property [message #647541 is a reply to message #647539]

Thu, 06 January 2011 22:59

Christian Dietrich

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Hi, just asking it for its name (.name) does not work? you may have to cast it first to its actual type. (uml::EnumerationLiteral)

«((uml::EnumerationLiteral)this.getValue(this.getAppliedStereotype(test::Bean .toString()), "lala")).name»

Having a look at the the Java Classes might help to solve such problems
org.eclipse.uml2.uml.EnumerationLiteral has a getName() inherited from org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement

~Christian

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[Updated on: Thu, 06 January 2011 23:08]

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Re: [Xpand] Issues retrieving enumeration literal from UML stereotype property [message #647597 is a reply to message #647541]

Fri, 07 January 2011 09:24

Karsten Thoms

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Accessing the name property of an enumeration literal won't work directly, since the internal type of an enumeration literal is its enumeration and thus you get the name of the enumeration, not the literal. You have to write a Java extension to access a literal's name.

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Re: [Xpand] Issues retrieving enumeration literal from UML stereotype property [message #647602 is a reply to message #647597]

Fri, 07 January 2011 09:42

Christian Dietrich

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@Karsten i tried my code and it works with uml enumerations.

«DEFINE main FOR test::Bean»
«FILE getFQPN().replaceAll("\\.","/")+"/"+name+".java"»
//«((uml::EnumerationLiteral)this.getValue(this.getAppliedStereotype(test::Bean .toString()), "lala")).name»«REM»will work«ENDREM»
//«this.lala.name»«REM»will work too«ENDREM»
package «getFQPN()»;
public class «name» {

}
«ENDFILE»
«ENDDEFINE»

~Christian

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[Updated on: Fri, 07 January 2011 10:20]

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