[news.eclipse.tools.emf] Re: EPackage.Registry

[Ed Merks <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alex,

Comments below.

Alex Boyko wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> One of the recent changes to the registry is that after calling 
> XXXEPackage.eINSTANCE the registry still contains an instance of 
> descriptor and not an instance of EPackage as GMF MetaModelManager 
> assumes.
How does this assumption manifest itself?
> I wonder how do we adopt this now in GMF...
Given the lack of detail, I'll only have to wonder as well.
> Is there anyway to find out whether the descriptor has been resolved 
> or not (aside checking if class has been loaded i guess)? 
Call getEPackage and it will be resolved.
> So we don't load unnecessary plugins by resolving all packages in the 
> registry...
Call get and check if it's an instance of a descriptor.
> Any help is appreciated.
I'm just not sure what the problem is...
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Alex