[news.eclipse.modeling.mdt.uml2] Re: Support for multi-language document

["James Bruck" <jbruck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Francis,

I believe you are looking for UMLUtil.getStereotype() or 
UMLUtil.getBaseElement().
Pass in the stereotype application (DynamicEObject) as the parameter.

>From the corresponding UML element, you can navigate to the values and 
attributes.

If you are trying to get and set stereotype values, have a look at the 
getting started article for profiles from the wiki page.

HTH.

- James.



"Francis" <fgavino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Thank you James and Christian for your inputs. I apologize for indirectly 
> asking for an opinion for RSA. I'll just work with the support team about 
> it.
> I guess if there's no built-in support in RSx for that, I have to create a 
> custom way of doing it (and maybe create a nice properties view editor to 
> support it).
> Going back to one of my technical problems, how do I resolve the 
> DynamicEObjectImpl class when I try to get the value of the stereotype 
> property whose type is a UML Class (and then I also need to get the values 
> of the class attributes)? Can someone point me to the right direction? 
> Thanks.
>
> /Francis
>
>
> James Bruck wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Francis,
>
>> Unfortunately, the UML2Util.getString(...) with the localize parameter 
>> set to true will not always work for RSA.
>
>> RSA uses GMF style pathmaps that map pathmap schema to the exact location 
>> of the resource.   The UML2Util.getString uses UML2Util.getResourceBundle 
>> that expects the pathmap schema to be mapped to a platform schema when 
>> the given URI is normalized.   This will not work for RSA.   RSA uses the 
>> MSL layer that is capable of performing the translations.  I would 
>> recommend using API provided by RSA's MSL layer to obtain reliable 
>> translations.
>
>> In fact, looking at the UML2Util.getResourceBundle() it would seem that 
>> getting translated strings, for some of the standard stereotypes for 
>> example, would not work with a standalone opensource UML application 
>> since we would use URI conververter to map pathmap schemas to exact jar 
>> locations on the disk.
>
>
>> HTH
>
>> - James.
>
>
>
>
>> "Christian W. Damus" <cdamus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
>> news:g6se6p$10g$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi, Francis,
>>>
>>> I can't speak for RSA, but the MDT UML2 API provides a 
>>> UML2Util::getString(...) API that will retrieve a localized string from 
>>> the *.properties file accompanying the Resource that contains the 
>>> contextual element passed to the getString(...) operation.
>>>
>>> This is used in the implementation of the NamedElement::getLabel() API 
>>> for localized names, but works with any old string key in the 
>>> *.properties file.  Just be sure to match the *.properties file name 
>>> with the file name of your model (without the extension).
>>>
>>> You could, then, simply implement the Eclipse PDE convention of
>>>
>>>   %key
>>>
>>> as the text of your documentation field, strip off the % sign, and look 
>>> up the key in the *.properties file using getString.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Christian
>>>
>>>
>>> Francis wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using RSA as my UML tool, and I need to be able to define 
>>>> descriptions of some UML elements (E.g., a UML Class) in different 
>>>> languages. There's only one documentation property for a given element, 
>>>> and to be able to enter the descriptions I have to use delimiters of 
>>>> some sort, with the language/locale code as the key. This is not a user 
>>>> friendly way and is prone to mistyping the language code. There has to 
>>>> be a better way of doing this...
>>>> First thing I tried, is I defined a UML Class in my profile, that 
>>>> contains 2 attributes: 1) language code (enumeration), and 2) 
>>>> description text. Then I set this as the type for my Stereotype 
>>>> property. It works, but the support for this type of structure is not 
>>>> nice. Adding a new description using the Properties view is a pain, and 
>>>> I have trouble getting the values programmatically because I get a 
>>>> DynamicEObjectImpl and I don't know how to get the actual values. :( 
>>>> Anyone has a better idea? Will there be built-in support for this in 
>>>> the future?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Francis
>>>>
>
>