MDWorkbench Metamodel Provider

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Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (metamodel* , metamodelExtension*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT metamodel (provider , modelReader* , modelWriter* , resourceSetReader*)>

<!ATTLIST metamodel

id               CDATA #REQUIRED

name             CDATA #REQUIRED

version          CDATA #IMPLIED

presentationName CDATA #REQUIRED>

• id - a unique name that will be used to identify this metamodel. This id will be used in rules and templates to reference this metamodel.
• name - an internal name of this metamodel.
• version - an optional version information of this metamodel. This is notably useful if the metamodel is standardized.
• presentationName - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this metamodel.

<!ELEMENT provider (property* , epackage+ , profileProvider?)>

<!ATTLIST provider

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

a provider in charge to load the metamodel.

• class - the class used to load the metamodel. The recommended value is "com.sodius.mdw.corext.model.emf.EMFMetamodelProvider".

<!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>

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.

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

<!ATTLIST modelWriter

name    CDATA #REQUIRED

uriType (file|directory|unspecified|noURI)

class   CDATA #IMPLIED>

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.

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

<!ATTLIST resourceSetReader

name    CDATA #REQUIRED

uriType (file|directory|unspecified|noURI)

class   CDATA #IMPLIED>

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.

<!ELEMENT fileExtension EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST fileExtension

description CDATA #REQUIRED

extension   CDATA #REQUIRED

default     (true | false) >

a file extension handled by the connector it is attached to.

• 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.

<!ELEMENT metamodelExtension (provider)>

<!ATTLIST metamodelExtension

id                 CDATA #REQUIRED

name               CDATA #REQUIRED

metamodel          CDATA #REQUIRED

requiredExtensions CDATA #IMPLIED>

a metamodel extension, used to dynamically add features to existing types.

• id - a unique name that will be used to identify this metamodel extension.
• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this extension.
• metamodel -
• requiredExtensions - a comma separated list of ids, each id referencing a required metamodel extension.

<!ELEMENT epackage EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST epackage

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

the EPackage respresenting the related metamodel.

• class - the EPackage subinterface

<!ELEMENT profileProvider EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST profileProvider

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

a profile provider is used to manage the instantiation of MDWorkbench Profile mechanism to a particular metamodel.

• class - a class that implements ProfileProvider.

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