[news.eclipse.tools.emf] Re: Initialize multivalued attributes/reference

[Ed Merks <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Felix,

Comments below.

Felix Dorner wrote:
> Hi,
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> when adding a multivalued attribute to an EClass, the generated code doesn't 
> initialize the attribute. Thus,
> calling getMyAttributeList() might return null. The solution is to perform a 
> check or modify the generated code.
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This doesn't sound quite right to me.  All features for which upperBound 
> 1 will have an initialized list.
> I'd prefer that the corresponding field is initlialized with an Empty List. 
> Is there an option in the genmodel? in the model itself?
>   
Is this list just a single valued feature who's value happens to be a 
list (like from an XSD list type)?
> Before I've always hacked the generated class, but I don't feel comfortable. 
> Maybe I should just modify the Factory methods?
>   
If it's just a single valued feature that happens to has a list value, 
presumably you empty list is represented as the empty string so you 
could make that the default value of the attribute...
> Thanks. I promise to add replies to the FAQ.
>
> Felix 
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