[news.eclipse.modeling.gmf] Re: [Templates] Couldn't find operation 'eCo

["Christian W. Damus" <cdamus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Alex,

IIUC, GMF now uses XPand-OCL, right?  It might be worth considering 
using MDT OCL's "implicit root class" option to provide access to the 
EObject operations ...

cW

Alex Shatalin wrote:
> Hello Marc,
>
> > I think it's not try Alex. According to the GMF documentation,
> > InnerClassViewmap extends from Viewmap and Viewmap extends from
> > EObject, and EObject has an eContainer() method. I don't underestand
> That's right - this class is an instance of EObject (in java world) but 
> in EMF world it is not.
> EClass "Viewmap" defined in gmfgen.ecore has no ESuperTypes specified, 
> so in EMF meta-information Viewmap is a class on top of hierarchy and is 
> not sublcassing EObject.. Xpand is using EMF meta-information to locate 
> appropriate attributes/methods, so this is a reason why corresponding 
> operation was not found (i know that it actually present in an 
> underlying java object..)
>
> -----------------
> Alex Shatalin