[ http://jira.andromda.org/browse/AND-7?page=comments#action_12412 ] Peter Friese commented on AND-7: --------------------------------
I think that there are quite some export formats we should support. From the top of my head: - Clipboard - JPG - GIF - WMF (although it has had some bad reputation lately) - maybe even some kind of JavaDoc-like format (structured text plus graphics) - SVG > Editing the graph of models and transformations > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: AND-7 > URL: http://jira.andromda.org/browse/AND-7 > Project: Android > Type: New Feature > Components: Model-to-Model Configuration Editor > Reporter: Matthias Bohlen > Assignee: Peter Friese > > A graph of models and transformations between the models should be edited in > a graphical editor. It is an directed, acyclic graph. The nodes are models or > transformations, the edges connect them. Edges are always directed. When an > edge goes from a model to a transformation, it means that the model is an > input model for that transformation. When an edge goes from a transformation > to a model, it means that the model is an output model of that transformation. > Transformations can have m (m >= 1) input models and n (n >= 1) output models > at the same time. > A model should look like a UML package icon with a small triangle in the > upper right corner (see how a model looks like in MagicDraw, for example). A > transformation should look like something "active", for example, a gear wheel > or transmission. I leave that to you. > Graphical icons should be movable and resizable by the user. > The graphical editor should operate on simple JavaBeans which represent the > edited things. The should be a Model bean and a Transformation bean > (getter/setter stuff ommitted): > public class Model > { > String name; > String metamodelName; > Properties properties; > GraphicalInformation gInfo; > } > public class Transformation > { > String name; > Collection inputModels; // contains references to Model > Collection outputModels; // contains references to Model > Properties properties; > GraphicalInformation gInfo; > } > Inside the model icon on the screen, name and metamodelName should be > presented as > "name : metamodelName". The transformation icon on the screen should have its > name under the gear wheel. The names and metamodel names should be editable > in-place. > The JavaBeans will later be serialized and deserialized in XML, the XML will > part of a larger XML schema which describes a complete context, e.g. a > cartridge descriptor. Because the exact format of that XML schema is > currently unknown, I'd like to stick to the JavaBeans for the moment. > Associated with the graphical editor, there should be a properties view which > allows the user to edit arbitrary properties of models and transformations. > Properties are name/value-pairs. Values are of type String. The properties > view also contains the name and the metamodel name and allows those to be > edited as well. > When a transformation graph is saved, closed and opened, it should look like > before. > It is still to be defined what "GraphicalInformation" means. I think of all > that information you need to save and restore the drawing in its original > form, e.g. icon position, icon size, connection points to the edges, etc. I > leave that to you. > The whole diagram should be printable within Eclipse. The user should also be > able to copy the diagram to the clipboard (WMF format) and paste it into MS > Word or MS PPT for documentation purposes. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click
