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GenModel Doc in Ecore Diagram Editor [message #139266]

Mon, 27 July 2009 15:57

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: formatzeh.gmx.de

I want to know for what this option is good for in the properties view
of the Ecore Diagram Editor? I'm asking because I want to add some
documentation to the metaclasses in my metamodel. I thought that this
options is good for this as the name suggests it. But when I start the
second Eclipse instance with the generated editor I can't see my text in
that field on the elements being instances of the metaclass where I
added the documentation. So for what is it good for?

regards
Gilbert

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Re: GenModel Doc in Ecore Diagram Editor [message #139291 is a reply to message #139266]

Mon, 27 July 2009 16:38

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Gilbert,

I think you need to change Suppress GenModel Annotations to false.

Gilbert Mirenque wrote:
> I want to know for what this option is good for in the properties view
> of the Ecore Diagram Editor? I'm asking because I want to add some
> documentation to the metaclasses in my metamodel. I thought that this
> options is good for this as the name suggests it. But when I start the
> second Eclipse instance with the generated editor I can't see my text in
> that field on the elements being instances of the metaclass where I
> added the documentation. So for what is it good for?
>
> regards
> Gilbert
>

Ed Merks
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Re: GenModel Doc in Ecore Diagram Editor [message #139303 is a reply to message #139291]

Mon, 27 July 2009 17:13

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: formatzeh.gmx.de

Ed Merks wrote:
> Gilbert,
>
> I think you need to change Suppress GenModel Annotations to false.

Ok I did it. And where do I see the documenting text of the metaclass in
the second eclipse instance containing the generated editor?

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Re: GenModel Doc in Ecore Diagram Editor [message #369100 is a reply to message #139303]

Tue, 28 July 2009 15:17

Jacques LESCOT

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Gilbert,

That documentation is included in the generated code of your Java model.
For example, if you have created a Metaclass named "Element", if you
look into the generated Element.java class, you should see your text in
the Javadoc associated with that interface.

If you wish to customize the message shown in the bottom status bar of
the generated tree structure editor when you select an attribute in the
Properties View, you can perform that in the *.genmodel file, through
the "Property description" field when you have selected a Feature.

Regards,
Jacques

Gilbert Mirenque a écrit :
> Ed Merks wrote:
>> Gilbert,
>>
>> I think you need to change Suppress GenModel Annotations to false.
>
> Ok I did it. And where do I see the documenting text of the metaclass in
> the second eclipse instance containing the generated editor?

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Re: GenModel Doc in Ecore Diagram Editor [message #369108 is a reply to message #369100]

Tue, 28 July 2009 16:06

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: formatzeh.gmx.de

Jacques LESCOT wrote:
> If you wish to customize the message shown in the bottom status bar of
> the generated tree structure editor when you select an attribute in the
> Properties View, you can perform that in the *.genmodel file, through
> the "Property description" field when you have selected a Feature.
Thanks Jacques, this is a beginning :)

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