[news.eclipse.technology.gmt.amw] Re: AMW examples (continued)

[Marcos Didonet Del Fabro <marcos.didonet-del-fabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The menu "Weaving element" is available when right-clicking over a "Left" or "Right" element.

Marcos.

Didier Delanote wrote:
> What magic... the drag-and-drop way works. Where can I find the "Weaving 
> element" menu though? Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Didier
>
> Marcos Didonet Del Fabro schreef:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > In a weaving model, the left and right elements (such as "EAttribute 
> > ISBN" and "EAttribute BookID") are represented by "WElementRef"s. They 
> > contain a text field with an unique ID for each linked element.
> >
> > However, the 'WElementRef' elements are created only when used for the 
> > first time.
> > They may be created in two ways:
> >
> > - when dragging the elements from the left and right metamodels and 
> > dropping them over the "Left" or "Right" elements.
> > - when using the menu "Weaving element" and choosing the linked elements.
> >
> > So that's why you don't see them in the property view. You should 
> > create them using one of these two methods.
> >
> > This avoids having a lot of 'WElementRef' that are not used, for 
> > example when weaving large metamodels or models.
> >
> > After they are created for the first time, they will be available in 
> > the property view. This is the case of the examples.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marcos.
> >
> >
> >
> > Didier Delanote wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've tried to set up the examples in my own configuration, of which 
> > > the Keys2Nested_AMW2ATL example is the most relevant one to me. 
> > > Running the example works fine, but now I wanted to define my own 
> > > weaving model. I've created a weaving model between the two 
> > > metamodels, and one between two models from the examples folder 
> > > conforming to the right metamodel.
> > >
> > > The problem is I can add elements such as "Equals" to the weaving 
> > > model, and give them children such as "Left" and "Right", but can't 
> > > connect these elements to model elements of the left and right 
> > > models, such as "EAttribute ISBN" and "EAttribute BookID". The 
> > > "Element" combobox from the "Properties" window that should allow me 
> > > to do this, pops up blank, containing no elements to choose from. In 
> > > a custom defined example this turns out the same way.
> > >
> > > If I create a weaving model from the "FK2Nested_AMW.ecore" file, 
> > > everything works fine and the "Properties" window pops up the 
> > > appropriate elements.
> > >
> > > Could anyone tell me what's going wrong?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Didier