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[news.eclipse.modeling.mdt.uml2] Re: Reading general XMI file

Hi,

I'm having trouble finding the source code of the examples (for UML2 3.0.0). I googled for org.eclipse.uml2.examples.source, but I don't seem to find the source code of the examples. Where have you placed the source code ? :)

Thank you.

Regards,
Tom

James Bruck wrote:
Hi Tom,

I think this may be more of an EMF question regarding how to work with ResourceSets you may want to try to post there for a more complete response.

One issue you will face will be to properly register packages with your resource set.
Something like:
Map packageRegistry = resourceSet.getPackageRegistry();
packageRegistry.put(UMLPackage.eNS_URI, UMLPackage.eINSTANCE);


You will also probably need to register extensions:
Map extensionFactoryMap = Resource.Factory.Registry.INSTANCE.getExtensionToFactoryMap();
extensionFactoryMap.put(UMLResource.FILE_EXTENION, UMLResource.Factory.INSTANCE);


The UML project also makes uses of pathmaps so you will need something like:
URIConverter.URI_MAP.put(URI.create(UMLResource.LIBRARIES_PATHMP), umlResourcePluginURI.appendSegment("libraries").appendSegment(""));


I would recommend downloading the UML2 examples and plugins and see how it makes use of extensions.
There is also some example code here (scroll toward the bottom): http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/uml2/docs/guides/UML2_2.0_Migration_Guide/guide.html


The EMF newsgroup also has many Q/A regarding ResourceSets.

Cheers,
- James.

"Tom" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:h3no08$7pr$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I'm new the subject of parsing an XMI file with the eclipse libraries. I've read the "EMF Framework Programmer's Guide" and "Getting Started with UML2" in the UML2 wiki. I also googled a lot, but I could not find the right information on how my problem is solved or even an indication if it can be solved.

I have a XMI file that has nothing to do with EMF/Ecore. The file contains a metamodel, unlike most guides (which seem only to work with concrete datamodels in their xmi files). This metamodel can for instance be a class diagram exported from IBM's Rational Rose or Visual Paradigm. I want to write an application that reads the classifiers and their associations from this XMI file. I believe it has to be possible to transform the metamodel to some Ecore object-set that can be browsed in Java. Am I correct?

If so, how should I configure a ResourceSet to load the XMI file in this way? I tried using the UMLPackage.eINSTANCE in my code but with no succes, because I don't seem to understand the core concepts of ResourceSets and how I might configure them to load any XMI file. There seem to be an overwhelming amount of settings for Resouces that are to my knowledge not covered in some tutorial.

Ideas? Sample source code would be highly appreciated :-)

Regards,
Tom