Hi Doug,
Dhaval Chauhan and I recently installed this tool and have started
looking at using it with the Tuscany samples. I joined the usenet group
for eclipse.stp.sca-tools, and I hope to post any Tuscany-related
questions or issues there.
My initial use of the tool sounds a little similar to you. I imported
the sample-calculator composite and found some layout problems and also
some problems with going from the graphics into the composite. I intend
to do a more formal listing of the issues.
Doug Tidwell wrote:
Somebody with the spare time (heh) should take a look at the SCA Tools
from the SOA Tools Project (http://www.eclipse.org/stp/sca/index.php). The
tool has some layout problems, etc., but it does render a .composite file
as a visual diagram. The tool uses libraries from Apache Batik to export
the diagram as a PNG, JPEG, SVG, GIF or BMP.; right-click on the diagram,
then choose File-->Save as Image File... and then choose your image format
and file name.
On my "List of projects I would love to hack around on if I had a paid
sabbatical" is taking that code and creating a command-line tool to do the
layout, build the diagram, then export it to a graphic. At one point
doing that with an XSLT stylesheet was on the list, but it seems like the
SCA tools have done most of the heavy lifting required.
Loading the .composite files into the SCA tools and saving the diagram
might be easier than using PaintShop or Inkscape or something like that.
From:
"Simon Laws" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
[email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:
11/12/2008 07:01 AM
Subject:
Open Office SCA diagrams was - Re: [DISCUSS] Tuscany 2.0 themes?
Personally I get frustrated when I read or make Tuscany demos or
presentations and the simple composites must be created with PaintShop or
some non-tech tool.
This may not be quite what you had in mind but a while back someone
created an SCA diagram stencil for Visio [1], lots of people wont have
Visio so maybe we should create a similar template for OpenOffice Draw and
make that available on the Tuscany website so anyone can use it to create
good looking pictures. (Disclaimer, i know little about OpenOffice Draw
but googling it it does seem to have a stencil facility)
...ant
[1]
http://soastation.blogspot.com/2007/10/sca-diagram-stencil-for-visio.html
My starting point is here (
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/sandbox/slaws/scatemplate.odg).
Nothing clever though, just cut and paste drawing from this point. haven't
worked out how to make these 1st class symbols.
I did work out how to add different line ends and create custom formats
but that didn't stretch to whole symbols. Maybe someone else knows how.
--
Thanks, Dan Becker
