Short talk about Xpand and the generic editor given at EclipseCon 09

1. The generic EMF editor
Sven Efftinge - itemis AG
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

2. EMF’S reflective editor
• Opens any EMF
model
• Tree-based editor
• properties view
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

3. Generic editor
• Like Reflective
Editor, but....
• uses forms
• uses
EMF data binding
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

4. Creating a dynamic instance
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5. Creating a dynamic instance
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6. Creating a dynamic instance
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7. Creating a dynamic instance
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8. Creating a dynamic instance
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9. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

10. Extending the editor
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• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints Editor
extensions
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

11. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

12. Change labels
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13. Change labels
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14. Change icons
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15. Change icons
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16. Some Xpand features...
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17. Some Xpand features...
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18. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

19. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

20. Adding constraints
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21. Adding constraints
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22. Adding constraints
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23. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

24. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

25. Customize proposals
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26. Customize proposals
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27. Sorting proposals
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28. Sorting proposals
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29. Sorting proposals
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30. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

31. Extending the editor
• Change Labels and Icons
• Add domain-specific constraints
• Change proposed elements
• Write a code generator
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

32. Adding a generator
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33. Adding a generator
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34. Starting a generator
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35. Wednesday, March 25, 2009

36. The generic editor is shipped
as one of the examples of M2T
Xpand.
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Xpand
Thank you very much!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009