Deploying a metamodel

To deploy a metamodel:

  1. Click File > Export....
  2. Select Deployable Plug-ins and fragments and click Next.
  3. Select your plugin (e.g. com.sodius.mdw.example.library) in the plugin list.
  4. Select Directory, in the Destination group.
  5. Type the path of an MDWorkbench installation base directory and click Finish.
  6. Restart MDWorkbench, the metamodel is now available in the environment.

Compatibility note

Metamodels are EMF-based (http://www.eclipse.org/emf). Please note that EMF is ascending compatible only: metamodels created and compiled with a certain version of Eclipse are not compatible with lower versions.