[news.eclipse.modeling.mdt.uml2] Re: Existing genmodel not picked up

[Ed Merks <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Volker,

Comments below.

Volker Stolz wrote:
> Dear all,
> I defined a UML profile, and generated code through ecore and a genmodel 
> description.
>
> In plugin.xml, I have
> <package
>  class="RCOSPrimitiveTypesPackageImpl"  
How can the class have no package qualification?
>          
>  genModel="libraries/RCOSPrimitiveTypes.library.genmodel"           
>  uri="http://rcos.iist.unu.edu/RCOSPrimitiveTypes.ecore";>
> </package>
>
> The URI is the same as in the .ecore-file. The corresponding UML file is 
> also exported. In the second Eclipse instance that uses this plugin, I 
> create a UML model that references the UML profile and I use one of the 
> defined datatypes as an attribute in a class.
>   
I don't know much about profiles.
> When then I want to generate an EMF model from the UML file, the wizard 
> wants to create RCOSPrimitiveTypes.ecore in the current directory and 
> doesn't even offer me to select the one with the .genmodel defined 
> through the plugin!
>   
Did the plugin with the above registration successfully install in the 
runtime environment?
> After a day of struggling, I found that the wizard is actually looking 
> for a generated_package with URI http:///RCOSPrimitiveTypes.ecore (note 
> the missing host-part). The 
> UML->Ecore step produces an ecore file that doesn't reference the 
> existing package, but rather wants to produce a copy.
>
> I'm glad for any suggestion on how to make EMF pick up the existing 
> files. I'm guessing there must be a way of specifying in the plugin 
> which ecore belongs to which UML file?
>   
I don't understand where http:///RCOSPrimitiveTypes.ecore would come from. 

This sounds more like a UML2 question I've added their newsgroup to the 
"to" list of the reply..
> Volker
>
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