Model Editor Widget Mapping

com.sodius.mdw.platform.model.editorWidgetMapping

MDWorkbench 3.0.0

This extension point enables to control the edition of attribute values of model elements in the Properties view.

Here are the predefined attributes editors:

editorKind	Description
textSingle	A single-line Text field, default for String and number attributes
textMulti	A multi-line Text field, default for "Text" datatypes
richText	A multi-line Styled Text field, default for "RichText" datatypes
checkbox	A checkbox, default for boolean attributes
combo	A combobox, default for enumeration attributes
radio	A radio button based widget, may be used for enumeration attributes
image	An image visualizer, default for "Image" datatypes, may be used for String attributes

<!ELEMENT extension (editorWidgetMapping*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT editorWidgetMapping (attributeMapping* , dataTypeMapping*)>

<!ATTLIST editorWidgetMapping

id CDATA #REQUIRED

metamodel CDATA #REQUIRED>

enables to control the binding of editor widgets for specific attributes of a metamodel.

id - a unique name that will be used to identify this mapping
metamodel - the id of the metamodel this mapping applies to (e.g. "uml21")

<!ELEMENT attributeMapping (enumLiteral*)>

<!ATTLIST attributeMapping

name CDATA #REQUIRED

editable (true | false)>

defines a widget mapping for a specific attribute

name - the qualified name (e.g. "MyClass.myAttribute") of the attribute this mapping applies to
editorKind - the type of editor to map to
editable - determines if the value in the editor can be changed by the user. By default, this is determined by the isChangeable property of the attribute.

<!ELEMENT dataTypeMapping (enumLiteral*)>

<!ATTLIST dataTypeMapping

name CDATA #REQUIRED

editable (true | false)>

defines a mapping for all attributes whose type matches a specific datatype

name - the simple name (e.g. "MyDataType") of the datatype this mapping applies to
editorKind - the type of editor to map to
editable - determines if the value in the editor can be changed by the user. By default, this is determined by the isChangeable property of the attribute.

<!ELEMENT enumLiteral EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST enumLiteral

literal CDATA #REQUIRED>

defines literal values, that will be displayed in an editable combobox. This element may be used with String attributes mapped to a combo editor. It enables to define some user-extensible enumerations for String attributes.

literal - the literal to display in the combobox

Following is an example of a Widget Mapping extension for UML 2.1 metamodel. This maps the VisibilityKind enumeration to radio buttons (rather than a combobox), and the body attribute of Comment to a multiline text field.

  <extension
        point=
"com.sodius.mdw.platform.model.editorWidgetMapping"
>
     <editorWidgetMapping
           id=
"com.sodius.mdw.metamodel.uml21.editorWidgetMapping"

           metamodel=
"uml21"
>
        <dataTypeMapping
              editorKind=
"radio"


              name=
"VisibilityKind"
/>
        <attributeMapping
              editorKind=
"textMulti"

              name=
"Comment.body"
/>
     </editorWidgetMapping>

  </extension>

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Model Editor Widget Mapping

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