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How to setup IApplication to read DSL files [message #1352562]

Tue, 13 May 2014 14:19

Markus Duft

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Registered: February 2013

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Hey!

On the topic of reading DSL model files, there are two setups described in the manual:

1) standalone java application
2) in eclipse.

I think none of them fits for me xD, or I miss something. What i have is a DSL, for which I have the generated x.wdl and x.wdl.ui plugins. I deliver those with our IDE, so that people can create and edit the .wdl files.

Now i also want to be able to read those models at application runtime (but of course i don't need the UI then...), so i also have the x.wdl plugin in the "normal" workspace of our application(s) (but not the x.wdl.ui plugin)

In the manual, there is a reference to a generated Activator, which will do the setup for me, but there is one only in the x.wdl.ui bundle, but not in the x.wdl one.

What do i have to do, to be able to access the model files in an arbitrary RCP IApplication?

Thanks,
Markus

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Re: How to setup IApplication to read DSL files [message #1352944 is a reply to message #1352562]

Tue, 13 May 2014 18:02

Christian Dietrich

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi,

you have to use the /an ui plugin if you want to read stuff from within an osgi environment.
of course one can strip down the plugin.xml not to register editors etc

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Re: How to setup IApplication to read DSL files [message #1354039 is a reply to message #1352944]

Wed, 14 May 2014 05:03

Markus Duft

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so even though i don't have an ui, i have to use it? can i somehow generate another one? i want/need the one i have by default the way it is now! is there a manual way of doing the required setups?

Thanks!

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Re: How to setup IApplication to read DSL files [message #1354040 is a reply to message #1354039]

Wed, 14 May 2014 05:05

Markus Duft

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Asked differently: what would be the downside of using the standalone setup in a headless osgi environment?

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Re: How to setup IApplication to read DSL files [message #1354049 is a reply to message #1354039]

Wed, 14 May 2014 05:06

Christian Dietrich

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You can copy and paste + strip down the ui plugin

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Re: How to setup IApplication to read DSL files [message #1354050 is a reply to message #1354039]

Wed, 14 May 2014 05:07

Christian Dietrich

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Hi and do not stick with the .ui it is short form for .ineclipse

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Re: How to setup IApplication to read DSL files [message #1354051 is a reply to message #1354040]

Wed, 14 May 2014 05:09

Christian Dietrich

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Hi you will get strange errors since emfs singleton APIs will destroy
themselves if called multiple times

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