And a couple more interesting links, which suggest that adding a UML-like browser of the Isis DSL should be quite easy..
[8] http://vimeo.com/35256324 - Generic Graph Viev: Discovery Demo [9] http://vimeo.com/35263430 - Multitouch Gestures in the Generic Graph View [10] http://vimeo.com/25551186 - Generic graph views configured with Xtext DSLs [11] http://vimeo.com/31423880 - Build your own JVM Language with Xtext On 19 April 2013 09:17, Dan Haywood <d...@haywood-associates.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 18 April 2013 08:58, Sabhya Kaushal <sabhya007kaus...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> But in the meantime, i have made some progress, thought you would like to >> know: >> >> 1. designed two domain specific languages using XText technology. Though >> not that full fledged, sophisticated and complex, but they definitely are >> in a working condition. >> >> > could you make this public, somehow? For example, start a new github > project and commit your work, eg as simple markdown. > > > 2. reading the XText manual provided by itemis, the developers of the >> technology, and the results are quite positive. >> > > It would be good if you could provide a reference to the documents you are > referring to. > > In replying to your email I've just done a bit of browsing to learn about > the difference between XText and XTend. The hello world video at [1] on > XTend is useful, as is the page on the XTend syntax at [2]. For the Isis > DSL I'd be looking for a similar degree of interoperability with Java, but > going beyond what XTend does, especially with regard to its @Property > annotation. > > A bit more googling led me to the "domain model" example for XText [3], > and some pages showing how to extend this [4,5,6]. This looks like the > obvious way to go, to me. > > > > > > >> >> 3. made myself somewhat familiar with the ecore architecture. >> >> > Can you explain how this relates back to XTend? I get the impression that > XTend generates ecore artifacts? > > > > >> 4. designing of literals, grammar, literal constructs, setting up >> validations in the java validation files, using the user interface as the >> editor of the developed language, and actually developing the language >> using the constructs: this all I am sure i have understood. >> >> > Again, it would be good to see this online somewhere, either as markdown > or as source files. > > > > >> this has been my homework. my next course of action is the development of >> a >> more detailed grammar and conditionality based language. will send you the >> proposal shortly. >> > > XText should give us a text editor and the compiler stuff integrated into > Eclipse for free. Having not used XText myself, it'll be hard to judge > whether this is a very easy project, or a difficult one. But in case of > the former, it'd be good for the proposal to have some additional optional > elements. > > I did in fact start (though never really complete) some Eclipse views; the > code is all up on github [7]. You can see there's a bunch of views that it > provides. Ideally these should be read-write. > > > > >> >> also, it would be very helpful if you let me know about what i should be >> proceeding with next. Hope i am not late in communicating,. >> > > I think the next step is to start developing your proposal. There are a > good few examples on the web. I suggest you add that to your github > project too. > > I'm happy to review it. I'll ask if Maurizio (who has some language > experience) will lend a hand reviewing it too). > > Cheers > Dan > > > > >> >> regards, >> Sabhya Kaushal >> >> >> > [1] http://vimeo.com/39819317 (hello world for xtext) > [2] http://www.eclipse.org/xtend/documentation.html > [3] http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/documentation.html#DomainModelWalkThrough > [4] http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/documentation.html#DomainmodelNextSteps > [5] http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/documentation.html#JvmDomainmodel > [6] http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/documentation.html#Xbase > [7] https://github.com/danhaywood/apache-isis-ide >
