[gmf-dev] [GMF - API CHANGE] Bugzilla#124928: SemanticService should be

[Linda Damus <ldamus@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Description:

The internal SemanticService and its
satellite API are deprecated in the GMF runtime.   The following will
be deleted in M6:

org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.diagram.core.semanticProviders
extension point
org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.diagram.core.internal.services.semantic
package
org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.diagram.core.internal.edithelpers
package
SemanticRequestTranslator class
from org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.diagram.core.internal.util
SemanticWrapperRequest class
from org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.diagram.ui.internal.requests
IElementType interface from org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.emf.core.internal.util
ElementType class from org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.emf.core.internal.util


Clients are required to replace their
old element types and semantic providers with the Extensible Type Registry
API to provide and obtain commands for editing the semantic model. 


New API Availability: 
Now

Old API Removal: 
Feb 17, 2006 (M6)

Tracking:                  
      
Bugzilla https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=124928

Clients Taken Care of:         
GMF

Other Clients' Action: 
Please read the following documents that describe the Extensible Type Registry
API:

1. org.eclipse.gmf.doc\prog-guide\common\Developers
Guide to the Extensible Type Registry\Developers Guide to the Extensible
Type Registry.html
2. org.eclipse.gmf.doc\tutorials\common\Extensible
Type Registry\extensibleTypeRegistryTutorial.html