Hi Kelvin
Thanx for the Architecture Overview. This gives me a good starting point.
I am building a Editor to create a WBS (instance of a process) and not a Process. The process is composed in the Process Composer, which I can then initialize to create a WBS.
Now, based on the Architecture Overview diagram, say I want to use the RichTextEditor and the RichText. I believe they are not tied to UMA, so I should be able to use them. The UMA metamodel in not my base model for the WBS. I export the Process to MPP and use that as my base model. So I am creating my own stack for Authoring/Editing, but would like to use the EPF framework where ever possible.
Another option was to have my Metamodel extend from
MethodElement (or the base classes of UMA) so I can using the browsing/authoring capabilities on the EPF framework.
At this point I am looking for some architectural guidance, what is the best way to go about.
I believe the goal of EPF project is to focus on the Process composition, I had seen a earlier email on the list regarding this subject, are there any plans to create a WBS Editor (aka MS Project Plan) in EPF.
regards
Rajesh
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Hi Rajesh,
I just posted the "EPF Composer
Architecture Overview" over weekend. It should give you the "big"
picture.
As for your questions, it really depends
on what you want to achieve. What does your new model provides? Is it an
extension of the UMA processes? Do you want your "new" process
editors to look and behave like the Process editors in EPF Composer?
Regards,
Kelvin
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I am trying to create a Editor for WBS and
my questions are related to the EPF APIs.
EPF API/Model, as I understand (very little :) have a UMA model. The base
Element is a MethodElement.
So I have another Model to support a WBS, should I be using the MethodElement
as a base Class.
Similarly the AbstractBaseFormEditor and MethodElementEditor form the base
classes for the Editors. Should I be extending from that.
I am basically not getting the big picture of the API's/Framework to start
extending it and creating my own Editors.
The API's are very rich, but I believe lack of a Developers Guide to extend
it is leaving me swim in murky waters... Any suggestions are welcome .
regards
Rajesh.
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