| Re: [fmc-dev] Availability of the sources |
Hi Martin, I plan to add architectural documentation in form of UML to the project website. I provide some initial information about this project in the following:
First of all, the project focuses on Blockdiagrams. This is the most popular modeling technique of FMC which is also heavily used for TAM (technical architecture modeling). The FMC editor is technically based on Graphiti with its feature model and uses polygons to render the different BlockDiagram shapes. All graphical algorithms representing the shapes (and separately also the connections) are encapsulated by a class hierarchy which allows the reuse of rendering, rotation, flipping etc. algorithms. Furthermore, the editor has been built on the concept of flexible meta models behind the graphical part. The main editor uses a simplified meta model which is based on Java enums. However, it can easily be extended by more complex meta models. An example for this can be found in the BlockDiagram meta editor which extends the basic editor and injects an FMC Ecore model (this is the editor used when you select the diagram + model wizard) instead of the simplified one. This strategy enables the development of diagrams with new, alternative meta models such as an UML based one (e.g. based on the UML component diagram).
What is your intention? Do you plan to extend the editor? Are you interested in contributing to the project? Best, Benjamin
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