Re: [e4-dev] New Worklbench model

[Hallvard Trætteberg <hal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17.04.10 12.56, Tom Schindl wrote:
> Hi Hallvard,
>
> a) It looks like there's a Java-Class generated when looking at our
>     model project.

I meant, no concrete class is generated, that can be used as the class 
to instantiate if a dynamic subclass is created.

> b) Can you elaborate why you would want to have a dynamic EClass for
>     e.g. ToolItem if you should creat a DirectToolItem or
>     HandledToolItem?

It was a general comment, not a specific need. I've had this problem in 
my own models, so I wanted to mention the issue. E.g. TM's Layout class 
couldn't be abstract, since I wanted to allow dynamic subclasses (i.e. 
subclasses that would be instantiated directly from an EClass for which 
there was no generated code). TM uses a reflective renderer driven by 
annotations, so dynamic subclasses make sense.

Sorry to disturb the discussion with irrelevant comments.

Hallvard