Hi all,
currently I'm implementing a simple example using the GMF runtime.
I tried to follow the
lines of the logic example (which is fairly complex though). Obviously the framework is
extremely powerful. But its complexity also puts a high burden on its
clients. My experience up to now is that it
is very difficult to trace problems back to their origin. This is
partly due to the complex interactions of the framework with the
providers defined by the client. Especially registering the clients via
extension points is very error prone and problems are hard to detect.
Some examples:
- it took me quite a long time to realize that the
DiagramKind of the Wizard page has to be in sync with the corresponding
entry in the ViewProvider
- I missed to derive an
EditHelper from MSLEditHelper which led to an exception in a context
that was extremely hard to analyze
- in general declarations
in the plugin.xml interact via services and service providers with user
written code. There are many places where strings here and there have
to coincide literally which can lead to subtle errors which are
typically very hard to detect for a GMF runtime novice
Now my questions:
- Is there a
document (sequence diagrams would be great) that illustrates the
interaction of
framework instances with user defined code?
- Is a log
file written with registry information of the GMF runtime services? Or
alternatively: can I get information of this kind using certain tracing
switches? This kind of information could be extremely helpful
Kind regards,
Henrik
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