Re: [argouml-dev] UML2: How to feed the model event pump for tagged values?
Thomas Neustupny <[email protected]>
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Hi, I answered in issue 6185, let's discuss there and probably later continue here on the more general topic. Thomas -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:07:53 +0000 > Von: Bob Tarling <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [argouml-dev] UML2: How to feed the model event pump for tagged values? > Okay, patch is added to 6185, take a look at the technique - aybe this > will work also for tagged values > > Bob > > On 10 February 2011 20:00, Bob Tarling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a patch that gets stereotypes working with the method I suggested > > > > Its on another machine at the moment and the pub is my top priority > right now > > > > I'll attach it to issue 6185 when I get back tonight or some tomorrow > > at the latest. > > > > Cheers > > > > Bob > > > > On 10 February 2011 08:44, Thomas Neustupny <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Bob, > >> > >> how exactly would addAllStereotypes look like when using the event pump > the way you suggested? I'd like to give it a try (make the whole UML2 > stereotype work based on that). > >> > >> Thomas > >> > >> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >>> Datum: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 21:55:34 +0000 > >>> Von: Bob Tarling <[email protected]> > >>> An: [email protected] > >>> Betreff: Re: [argouml-dev] UML2: How to feed the model event pump for > tagged values? > >> > >>> Hi Thomas > >>> > >>> I'm not sure if I follow all the purpose of getRootElements but then > >>> again I'm not if need to right now. > >>> > >>> What I have confirmed is what you have said (that standard euml is > >>> used to link the model element with a stereotype) - i.e. this line in > >>> CoreHelperEUMLImpl.addAllStereotypes is clearly out of our control for > >>> how it attaches and so we can assume the stereotype is correctly > >>> placed in the repository > >>> > >>> ((Element) modelElement).applyStereotype((Stereotype) o); > >>> > >>> What you might consider if we find no better way to solve this is to > >>> generate some event of our own. > >>> > >>> We could have addAllStereotypes call the event pump instructing it to > >>> fire an event with a "stereotype" property after we have either > >>> applied a stereotype. > >>> > >>> So this event would look the same as what currently happens in MDR and > >>> so all our existing code that looks for stereotype events should work. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 9 February 2011 16:25, Thomas Neustupny <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > Hi Bob, > >>> > > >>> > it took me so much time to get the persistence of stereotype > >>> applications running. Currently this is handled by managing the root > elements of the > >>> project instance. It is done by calling the (new) method updateRoots() > in > >>> ProjectImpl, which uses > Model.getModelManagementHelper().getRootElements(m), > >>> which in turn calls ((EObject) model).eResource().getContents() on all > >>> models. So it's an EMF functionality, not UML2. (All this is not > called via > >>> some event handling IIRC, but I'm not sure.) > >>> > > >>> > So, this is how the stereotype-related "model-outside" elements are > >>> handled. Beat me if you think that's sick, but I found no other way to > get it > >>> reliable loaded/saved with eUML. > >>> > > >>> > So, the element we should listen to probably is not a UML2 element, > but > >>> an eCore element (the eResource, which is an EObject)? > >>> > > >>> > Thomas > >>> > > >>> > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >>> >> Datum: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:20:40 +0000 > >>> >> Von: Bob Tarling <[email protected]> > >>> >> An: [email protected] > >>> >> Betreff: Re: [argouml-dev] UML2: How to feed the model event pump > for > >>> tagged values? > >>> > > >>> >> I'm not in a position to check the code at the moment so I'll > assume > >>> >> what you say is correct and that EUML is placing the stereotypes > links > >>> >> in the correct place for us (although I am surprised this is not at > >>> >> least within the model). > >>> >> > >>> >> That leaves me stumped for the moment on what we should be > listening > >>> >> to. If something is added at the top level then do we have an > element > >>> >> to be listening to to detect the addition to it? > >>> >> > >>> >> If we can find what that element is we need to be listening to then > I > >>> >> think I can work out how to get the event pump to simulate that the > >>> >> event actually came from the element the stereotype is applied to. > I > >>> >> think doing that would keep the rest of the application simpler. > >>> >> > >>> >> Bob > >>> >> > >>> >> On 9 February 2011 10:45, Thomas Neustupny <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >> > Hi Bob, > >>> >> > > >>> >> > thanks for looking at this. (Also thanks for the other replies > from > >>> you > >>> >> and Tom, I just had no time to continue with my work on that.) > >>> >> > > >>> >> > We let eclipse UML2 do the work when applying a stereotype, see > >>> >> addAllStereotypes(...) in CoreHelperEUMLImpl. I've recently wrote > an > >>> article about > >>> >> what happens in the dev wiki, see > >>> >> http://argouml.tigris.org/wiki/UML2%2C_Profiles_and_XMI where I > used > >>> XMLDump a lot. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > I'd say that option a) is not the case, so I tend towards b). As > you > >>> can > >>> >> see, the class itself is not altered when applying a stereotype. To > >>> check > >>> >> for applied stereotypes, we also use a eclipse UML2 method. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Does that give you any idea from how to create and listen the > events > >>> >> properly for applying/unapplying stereotypes? > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Thomas > >>> >> > > >>> >> > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >>> >> >> Datum: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 03:25:09 +0000 > >>> >> >> Von: Bob Tarling <[email protected]> > >>> >> >> An: [email protected] > >>> >> >> Betreff: Re: [argouml-dev] UML2: How to feed the model event > pump > >>> for > >>> >> tagged values? > >>> >> > > >>> >> >> I've been looking at a similar issue for stereotypes and I think > the > >>> >> >> clue comes from looking at the View->XMLDump results having > added > >>> >> >> stereotypes to a class. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> Here I created a class Test and added all the possible > stereotypes. > >>> >> >> The XMI portion of the dump is below. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> Notice that the tags that represent the stereotype attachments > to > >>> the > >>> >> >> class are outside the </uml:Model> end tag. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> I suspect either > >>> >> >> a) We are creating the sterotypes (and tagged values??) in the > wrong > >>> >> place > >>> >> >> or > >>> >> >> b) There is no way to listen for stereotypes being added to an > >>> >> >> element. Instead we need to listen for them being added to the > >>> >> >> repository and when detected determine what element they should > be > >>> >> >> attached to. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> <xmi:XMI xmi:version="2.1" > >>> >> >> xmlns:xmi="http://schema.omg.org/spec/XMI/2.1" > >>> >> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > >>> >> > >>> > xmlns:UML22StandardElements="http:///schemas/UML22StandardElements/_EshpMAjiEeC74rHqA76v5A/0" > >>> >> >> xmlns:ecore="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore" > >>> >> >> xmlns:uml="http://schema.omg.org/spec/UML/2.2" > >>> >> >> > >>> >> > >>> > xsi:schemaLocation="http:///schemas/UML22StandardElements/_EshpMAjiEeC74rHqA76v5A/0 > >>> >> >> > >>> >> > >>> > http://argouml.org/profiles/uml22/default-uml22.xmi#_Es-VIAjiEeC74rHqA76v5A > >>> >> >> http://schema.omg.org/spec/UML/2.2 > >>> >> >> http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/3.0.0/UML"> > >>> >> >> <uml:Model xmi:id="_SUdPoDPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > name="untitledModel"> > >>> >> >> <packagedElement xmi:type="uml:Class" > >>> >> >> xmi:id="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" name="Test"/> > >>> >> >> <profileApplication xmi:type="uml:ProfileApplication" > >>> >> >> xmi:id="_SUnAoDPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> applyingPackage="_SUdPoDPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"> > >>> >> >> <xmi:Extension > >>> >> extender="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore"> > >>> >> >> <eAnnotations xmi:type="ecore:EAnnotation" > >>> >> >> xmi:id="_SUnAoTPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> source="http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.0.0/UML"> > >>> >> >> <references xmi:type="ecore:EPackage" > >>> >> >> > >>> >> > >>> > href="http://argouml.org/profiles/uml22/default-uml22.xmi#_Es-VIAjiEeC74rHqA76v5A"/> > >>> >> >> </eAnnotations> > >>> >> >> </xmi:Extension> > >>> >> >> <appliedProfile xmi:type="uml:Profile" > >>> >> >> > >>> >> > >>> > href="http://argouml.org/profiles/uml22/default-uml22.xmi#_PB5O8MoqEd6otN4YcPG1_w"/> > >>> >> >> </profileApplication> > >>> >> >> </uml:Model> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:focus xmi:id="_XG6ckDPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Class="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:implementationClass > >>> >> >> xmi:id="_Y614UDPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Class="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:auxiliary > xmi:id="_az0MIDPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Class="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:metaclass > xmi:id="_bkeNADPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Class="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:realization > >>> xmi:id="_cbhw0DPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Classifier="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:specification > >>> >> >> xmi:id="_c_QI8DPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Classifier="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:type xmi:id="_dlC9oDPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Class="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> <UML22StandardElements:utility > xmi:id="_eFpwUDPyEeCIdeSzV50Lfg" > >>> >> >> base_Class="_SxMO8DPxEeCIdeSzV50Lfg"/> > >>> >> >> </xmi:XMI> > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> Bob > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> On 31 January 2011 17:41, Bob Tarling <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> >> >> > I had hoped that the tagged values tab would move into a > control > >>> on > >>> >> >> > the properties panel. > >>> >> >> > > >>> >> >> > The properties panel is driven by a configuration XML file for > the > >>> >> >> > model subsystem where the property names are specified in that > >>> file. > >>> >> >> > So there is no need to map the UML2 property names to UML1.x > >>> >> >> > > >>> >> >> > Bob > >>> >> >> > > >>> >> >> > On 31 January 2011 11:31, Tom Morris <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Thomas Neustupny > <[email protected]> > >>> >> wrote: > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >>> my work on tagged values for UML2 (using stereotype > properties) > >>> is > >>> >> >> stalling because I'm just not keen enough to work with the model > >>> event > >>> >> pump. > >>> >> >> At least this is what I'm guessing, because while with MDR > events > >>> are > >>> >> fired > >>> >> >> when choosing a tag definition in the tagged values pane, > nothing > >>> >> happens > >>> >> >> when doing the same with eUML. > >>> >> >> >>> > >>> >> >> >>> Can someone explain to me what I should do? I've read > >>> >> >> >>> http://argouml.tigris.org/wiki/%3C%3CSubsystem%3E%3E_Model, > but > >>> >> still > >>> >> >> have no solution. > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> A lot of this stuff at the top of that page is of historical > >>> >> interest > >>> >> >> >> only or no interest at all. The main thing to understand is > >>> that > >>> >> both > >>> >> >> >> the event listener registration and listener processing > itself > >>> needs > >>> >> >> >> to be correct and the name of the events/properties, as well > as > >>> >> their > >>> >> >> >> source, is tied to the UML metamodel. If you're listening > to a > >>> UML > >>> >> >> >> 1.4 source for a UML 1.4 property name and this has changed > in > >>> UML > >>> >> >> >> 2.x, your listener code will never get invoked. > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> When I was working on the UML 1.3 to UML 1.4 conversion the > event > >>> >> >> >> processing is where a large portion of the time went, so I > >>> wouldn't > >>> >> be > >>> >> >> >> surprised if the same were true when moving to UML 2.x. > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> If you look at the current event pump implementation, you'll > see > >>> >> that > >>> >> >> >> each event basically gets replicated. This is because > >>> >> relationships > >>> >> >> >> are asymmetric in MDR and it only fires an event for what it > >>> >> considers > >>> >> >> >> to be the "owning" end of the relationship, with the > associated > >>> >> >> >> property name. The old NSUML event registration code > basically > >>> >> >> >> expected to be able to register for either end, so the event > pump > >>> >> >> >> looks up the inverse property and fires events for that too. > I > >>> >> think > >>> >> >> >> either Bogdan or I replicated all this machinery for the eUML > >>> >> >> >> implementation already, so this is primarily background > >>> information > >>> >> >> >> rather than something you should need to actively worry > about. > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> As I recall there's also some simple property name mapping > which > >>> >> will > >>> >> >> >> map from UML 2.x property names back to UML 1.4 equivalent > names, > >>> >> but > >>> >> >> >> this is likely to only be effective in the simplest of cases. > >>> If > >>> >> >> >> you're listening to the wrong object, it won't matter what > the > >>> >> >> >> property names are. > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> If you've got a specific question I'd be happy to answer it, > but > >>> >> there > >>> >> >> >> is not going to be any magic bullet here. It's just going > to > >>> >> require > >>> >> >> >> going through and conditionalizing things that have changed > >>> between > >>> >> >> >> the two metamodels (or providing mappings within the event > pump, > >>> >> where > >>> >> >> >> that's possible). > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> Tom > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> > >>> >> > >>> > http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=2701698 > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: > >>> >> >> [[email protected]]. > >>> >> >> >> To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list > >>> >> moderator, > >>> >> >> email: [[email protected]] > >>> >> >> >> > >>> >> >> > > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >>> >> >> > >>> >> > >>> > http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=2702922 > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: > >>> >> >> [[email protected]]. > >>> >> >> To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list > >>> moderator, > >>> >> >> email: [[email protected]] > >>> >> > > >>> >> > -- > >>> >> > NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und surfen! > >>> >> > Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone > >>> >> > > >>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------ > >>> >> > > >>> >> > >>> > http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=2702984 > >>> >> > > >>> >> > To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: > >>> >> [[email protected]]. > >>> >> > To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list > moderator, > >>> >> email: [[email protected]] > >>> >> > > >>> >> > >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >>> >> > >>> > http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=2703001 > >>> >> > >>> >> To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: > >>> >> [[email protected]]. > >>> >> To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list > moderator, > >>> >> email: [[email protected]] > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Schon gehört? 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