[news.eclipse.technology.gmt] Re: oaw: beginner questions

[Yannick <yannick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sven Efftinge a écrit :
> Hi Yannick,
> 
> I think I don't understand what your problem is.
> You are talking about a code generator based on Xpand, aren't you?
> What do you mean by "parsing" associations and classes?
> Why don't you write everything to the FILE the first time you open it?
> 
> regards,
> Sven
> 

Well I want to write a java code generator with oAW from a UML2 model.

With Topcased project I created a UML2 model using UML2:Packages,
association, classes, interfaces and so on.


In my generator, I create a java file (FILE ....java) for each class and
interface.

My problem is that there might have some information in associations
related to some class/interface. And "associations" tags are not
children of class/interface but siblings.

Here's a quick xml look-alike:
<model>
	<package>
		<association>
			...
		</association>
		<class>
			...
		</class
		<interface>
			...
		</interface>
		<association>
			...
		</association>
		<interface>
			...
		</interface>
	</package
</model>


Once I expand a class or interface, I don't know how to go back to
parent node and get associations. In that case I proceed in 2 steps:
1) I read all association tags and store information (I use a java
extension)
2) for each class/interface I write normal code and I check if there are
some stored information related this class/interface. If there are, I
write those additionnal information. If not, I add nothing. (again with
java extension)


I hope this is easier to understand.