Working Sets

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Description:

A working set enables to define a point of view on metamodel contents. A working set is used to group together some semantically related elements. It can also be used to hide a subset of elements that are considered as non relevant for some particular modeling activity.

You may define a working set to group Types or Features.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (typeWorkingSet* , featureWorkingSet*)>

<!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 typeWorkingSet (group+)>

<!ATTLIST typeWorkingSet

id             CDATA #REQUIRED

name           CDATA #REQUIRED

metamodel      CDATA #REQUIRED

defaultExclude (true | false)

icon           CDATA #IMPLIED

ordered        (true | false) >

A working set to group the types of a metamodel.

• id - a unique name that will be used to identify this working set
• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this working set
• metamodel - the id of the metamodel this working set is applies to (e.g. "uml21")
• defaultExclude - if true, all types not explicitly referenced in group elements will be hidden. If false, such elements would appear in a self-created "Others" group.
• icon - a relative name of the icon that will be used to display this working set
• ordered - if true, all groups will be alphabetically sorted in the UI. If false, the extension elements order is preserved.

<!ELEMENT featureWorkingSet (group+)>

<!ATTLIST featureWorkingSet

id             CDATA #REQUIRED

name           CDATA #REQUIRED

metamodel      CDATA #REQUIRED

defaultExclude (true | false)

icon           CDATA #IMPLIED

ordered        (true | false) >

A working set to group the features of a metamodel.

• id - a unique name that will be used to identify this working set
• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this working set
• metamodel - the id of the metamodel this working set is applies to (e.g. "uml21")
• defaultExclude - if true, all features not explicitly referenced in group elements will be hidden. If false, such elements would appear in a self-created "Others" group.
• icon - a relative name of the icon that will be used to display this working set
• ordered - if true, all groups will be alphabetically sorted in the UI. If false, the extension elements order is preserved.

<!ELEMENT group ((group | element)*)>

<!ATTLIST group

name    CDATA #REQUIRED

layout  (none|top|bottom)

ordered (true | false) >

a group of elements. A working set must contain at least one group. A group may contain other groups and elements.

• name - a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this group
• layout - an optional constraint for the layout display of this group. Enables to force this group to appear on top or bottom of the parent contents.
• ordered - if true, all owned groups and elements will be alphabetically sorted in the UI. If false, the extension elements order is preserved.

<!ELEMENT element EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST element

name CDATA #REQUIRED>

a leaf element of the working set, that references either a metamodel type or a feature

• name - the name of the type (e.g. "MyClass") or qualified name of the feature (e.g. "MyClass.myFeature")

Examples:

  
<extension
        point=
"com.sodius.mdw.platform.model.workingSets"
>
     
<typeWorkingSet
           id=
"com.sodius.mdw.metamodel.uml21.metamodelPackagesWorkingSet"

           metamodel=
"uml21"

           name=
"Metamodel Packages"
>

        
<group name=
"Structure.Classes"
>
	      
<element name=
"Association"
/>
	      
<element name=
"Class"
/>
        
</group>

        
<group name=
"Structure.Components"
>
	      
<element name=
"Component"
/>
	      
<element name=
"Connector"
/>
        
</group>

     
</typeWorkingSet>
  
</extension>
</extension>

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