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Customize XML serialization using ERefence Etype instead of name [message #1276709]

Mon, 24 March 2014 23:43

Agustin Vosou

Messages: 5
Registered: March 2014

Junior Member

Hi everyone,

After days and days of looking for a solution I decided to post my question in this forum.

I have a very simple Ecore file for a Filesystem and I have created a diagram using GMF, but I am having a problem with the generated diagram's XML.
The problem is that the XML nodes inside de diagram are being generated using the EReference "name" attribute instead of the "EType" attribute.

E.G. I'd like to change <files> to <File>; and <folders> to <Folder> in the following example.

Ecore:

File
  name: EType EString
Folder
  name: EType EString
  folders: EType Folder
  files: EType File
Filesytem
  folders: EType Folder, containment: true
  files: EType File, containment: true

Diagram:

Filesystem:
  folders: Folder1,Folder2
  files: File1
Folder:
  name: Folder1
  folders: Folder2
  files: File1
Folder:
  name: Folder2
  folders: -
  files: -
File:
  name: File1

Diagram's XML

<com.example.filesystem:Filesystem xmi:id="_VFkHMLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg">
  <folders xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder" xmi:id="_WWim4LCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder1" folders="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" files="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg"/>
  <folders xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder" xmi:id="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder2"/>
  <files xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:File" xmi:id="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="File1"/>
</com.example.filesystem:Filesystem>

Expected diagram's XML

<com.example.filesystem:Filesystem xmi:id="_VFkHMLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg">
  <Folder xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder" xmi:id="_WWim4LCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder1" folders="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" files="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg"/>
  <Folder xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder" xmi:id="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder2"/>
  <File xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:File" xmi:id="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="File1"/>
</com.example.filesystem:Filesystem>

Is there any way to do it but not having to change the references name attributes?

Thank you,
Agustin

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Re: Customize XML serialization using ERefence Etype instead of name [message #1276802 is a reply to message #1276709]

Tue, 25 March 2014 03:17

Ed Merks

Messages: 33141
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Agustin,

Nested elements always use feature names, not type names. You might
want to look at
http://ed-merks.blogspot.ca/2007/12/winters-icy-grip.html if you are
hung up on the serialization format.

On 24/03/2014 7:58 PM, Agustin Vosou wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> After days and days of looking for a solution I decided to post my
> question in this forum.
>
> I have a very simple Ecore file for a Filesystem and I have created a
> diagram using GMF, but I am having a problem with the generated
> diagram's XML.
> The problem is that the XML nodes inside de diagram are being
> generated using the EReference "name" attribute instead of the "EType"
> attribute.
>
> E.G. I'd like to change <files> to <File>; and <folders> to <Folder>
> in the following example.
>
> Ecore:
>
> File
> name: EType EString
> Folder
> name: EType EString
> folders: EType Folder
> files: EType File
> Filesytem
> folders: EType Folder, containment: true
> files: EType File, containment: true
>
>
> Diagram:
>
> Filesystem:
> folders: Folder1,Folder2
> files: File1
> Folder:
> name: Folder1
> folders: Folder2
> files: File1
> Folder:
> name: Folder2
> folders: -
> files: -
> File:
> name: File1
>
>
> Diagram's XML
>
>
> <com.example.filesystem:Filesystem xmi:id="_VFkHMLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg">
> <folders xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder"
> xmi:id="_WWim4LCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder1"
> folders="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" files="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg"/>
> <folders xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder"
> xmi:id="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder2"/>
> <files xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:File"
> xmi:id="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="File1"/>
> </com.example.filesystem:Filesystem>
>
>
> Expected diagram's XML
>
>
> <com.example.filesystem:Filesystem xmi:id="_VFkHMLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg">
> <Folder xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder"
> xmi:id="_WWim4LCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder1"
> folders="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" files="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg"/>
> <Folder xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:Folder"
> xmi:id="_XGFNcLCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="Folder2"/>
> <File xmi:type="com.example.filesystem:File"
> xmi:id="_Vt-LALCAEeOdou7_dXIPjg" name="File1"/>
> </com.example.filesystem:Filesystem>
>
>
> Is there any way to do it but not having to change the references name
> attributes?
>
> Thank you,
> Agustin

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