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

["James Bruck" <jbruck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The source code is now jar'd up.
Download the UML2 SDK and then look for those .jars with a .source prefix 
(ie. org.eclipse.uml2.examples.uml.ui.source_3.0.0xxx)
Cheers,
- James.

"tom" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:h46p8h$ect$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
>>