[news.eclipse.tools.emf] Re: indexed aggregations/associations

[Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christian W. Damus wrote:
> Hi, Lorenzo,
>
> Do you mean, something like UML association-end qualifiers?  Ecore doesn't
> support that directly.

Hi

I actually don't know about association-end qualifiers...

Let me explain my requirements with an example: I have a protocol class 
that contains some protocol states, and I would like to search for a 
specific state using its name (the key)

> However, you can define a containment reference of some EObject type
> extending EMap.Entry<K, V>.  In this case, if the value is an EReference, I
> think you should end up with an EMap<K, V> property that does what you
> need, albeit with the overhead of an EObject for each entry.

mh... could you please provide an example or a link?

thanks in advance
	Lorenzo

> HTH,
>
> Christian
>
>
> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'd like some of my association releations to be indexed, e.g., with a
> > map, so that they could be easily and efficiently searchable... however
> > they're implemented with EList...  is there a solution for this?
> >
> > I also noticed the HKey property, but this does not generate Java code,
> > only a @model in the generated javadoc...
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > Lorenzo


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