MDWorkbench External Connector

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Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (modelReader* , resourceSetReader* , modelWriter*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT property EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST property

name  CDATA #REQUIRED

value CDATA #REQUIRED>

a key/value pair, that can be used to customize a model reader/writer.

• name -
• value -

<!ELEMENT modelReader (property* , fileExtension*)>

<!ATTLIST modelReader

name      CDATA #REQUIRED

uriType   (file|directory|unspecified|noURI)

class     CDATA #IMPLIED

metamodel CDATA #REQUIRED>

a model reader, used to load model contents form a specific location.

• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this connector.
• uriType - the type of location handled by this connector.
• class - the class that implements ModelReader, used to load the model contents.
• metamodel - the id of the metamodel this connector applies to.

<!ELEMENT modelWriter (property* , fileExtension*)>

<!ATTLIST modelWriter

name      CDATA #REQUIRED

uriType   (file|directory|unspecified|noURI)

class     CDATA #IMPLIED

metamodel CDATA #REQUIRED>

a model writer, used to store model contents into a specific location.

• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this connector.
• uriType - the type of location handled by this connector.
• class - the class that implements ModelWriter, used to store the model contents.
• metamodel - the id of the metamodel this connector applies to.

<!ELEMENT resourceSetReader (property* , fileExtension*)>

<!ATTLIST resourceSetReader

name      CDATA #REQUIRED

uriType   (file|directory|unspecified|noURI)

class     CDATA #IMPLIED

metamodel CDATA #REQUIRED>

a resource set reader, used to load resource set contents form a specific location.

• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this connector.
• uriType - the type of location handled by this connector.
• class - the class that implements ResourceSetReader, used to load the model contents.
• metamodel - the id of the metamodel this connector applies to.

<!ELEMENT fileExtension EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST fileExtension

description CDATA #REQUIRED

extension   CDATA #REQUIRED

default     (true | false) >

• description - a translatable description that will be used in the UI for this file extension.
• extension - the file extension (e.g. "xml").
• default - determines if this the default file extension to be used in a file dialog.

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