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[OCL] String Operations [message #69301] Tue, 30 January 2007 00:42 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: irbull.cs.uvic.ca

Does OCL support String regular expression operations. I need to select
items whose name matches a particular regex. (Actually I just need
startWith) but I could imagine the need for more powerful operations.

Cheers,
Ian
Re: [OCL] String Operations [message #69398 is a reply to message #69301] Tue, 30 January 2007 12:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

Ian,

OCL has its own newsgroup now: eclipse.modeling.mdt.ocl.


Ian Bull wrote:
> Does OCL support String regular expression operations. I need to
> select items whose name matches a particular regex. (Actually I just
> need startWith) but I could imagine the need for more powerful
> operations.
>
> Cheers,
> Ian
Re: [OCL] String Operations [message #69458 is a reply to message #69398] Tue, 30 January 2007 14:45 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: cdamus.ca.ibm.com

Hi, Ian, Ed,

OCL defines the following operations on Strings:

size() : Integer

concat(s : String) : String

substring(lower : Integer, upper : Integer) : String

toInteger() : Integer

toReal() : Real

You can implement startsWith and endsWith using the substring operation:

context String
def: startsWith(s : String) : Boolean =
s.size() <= self.size() and self.substring(1, s.size()) = s
def: endsWith(s : String) : Boolean =
let start : Integer = self.size() - s.size() + 1 in
start > 0 and self.substring(start, self.size()) = s

In the latest build of OCL, you can actually implement def expressions of
this nature on the String library class! Or, you can follow Chris Lenz's
example on the OCL Wiki of extending the OCL Environment to add custom
operations to suit your needs:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/CustomizingOclEnvironments

I will need to update this example for M5 when it comes.

Cheers,

Christian

Ed Merks wrote:

> Ian,
>
> OCL has its own newsgroup now: eclipse.modeling.mdt.ocl.
>
>
> Ian Bull wrote:
>> Does OCL support String regular expression operations. I need to
>> select items whose name matches a particular regex. (Actually I just
>> need startWith) but I could imagine the need for more powerful
>> operations.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ian
Re: [OCL] String Operations [message #601742 is a reply to message #69301] Tue, 30 January 2007 12:47 Go to previous message
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Ian,

OCL has its own newsgroup now: eclipse.modeling.mdt.ocl.


Ian Bull wrote:
> Does OCL support String regular expression operations. I need to
> select items whose name matches a particular regex. (Actually I just
> need startWith) but I could imagine the need for more powerful
> operations.
>
> Cheers,
> Ian


Ed Merks
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Re: [OCL] String Operations [message #601770 is a reply to message #69398] Tue, 30 January 2007 14:45 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: cdamus.ca.ibm.com

Hi, Ian, Ed,

OCL defines the following operations on Strings:

size() : Integer

concat(s : String) : String

substring(lower : Integer, upper : Integer) : String

toInteger() : Integer

toReal() : Real

You can implement startsWith and endsWith using the substring operation:

context String
def: startsWith(s : String) : Boolean =
s.size() <= self.size() and self.substring(1, s.size()) = s
def: endsWith(s : String) : Boolean =
let start : Integer = self.size() - s.size() + 1 in
start > 0 and self.substring(start, self.size()) = s

In the latest build of OCL, you can actually implement def expressions of
this nature on the String library class! Or, you can follow Chris Lenz's
example on the OCL Wiki of extending the OCL Environment to add custom
operations to suit your needs:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/CustomizingOclEnvironments

I will need to update this example for M5 when it comes.

Cheers,

Christian

Ed Merks wrote:

> Ian,
>
> OCL has its own newsgroup now: eclipse.modeling.mdt.ocl.
>
>
> Ian Bull wrote:
>> Does OCL support String regular expression operations. I need to
>> select items whose name matches a particular regex. (Actually I just
>> need startWith) but I could imagine the need for more powerful
>> operations.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ian
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