EMF Customizer
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The document introduces EMF Customizer, a tool designed to allow customization of generated models using a CSS-like DSL built on TMF Xtext, targeting end users unfamiliar with model-driven development concepts. It mentions the tool's design guidelines, known limitations, and future features such as interactive editing and filters for selectors. The presentation also includes links to the project page and the author's blog and social media for further information.
EMF Customizer
- 1. EMF Customizer Customizing generated models Version 1.0 Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD ESE 2009 Modeling Symposium
- 2. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 The problem • Customizing generated models • Customizing generated text with User Code is a solved problem – Protected regions: Acceleo, Xpand, … – Generation Gap Pattern (Martin Fowler) • No solution to customize generated models – Freely available – Open Source
- 3. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 EMF Customizer • What is it ? – Allows to customize generated models – Textual CSS like DSL: built on TMF Xtext – Customization Engine • What it’s not: – A general purpose model transformation language
- 4. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Design Guidelines • Targets end user developers – Users not familiar with MDD concepts – Looks like CSS • Similar syntax • CSS semantics: cascading, id selectors, type selectors, … • Resists subsequent model regeneration
- 5. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Example Entity Model DDL Model SQL DDL SQL DML Model Text
- 6. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Example Entity Model DDL Model SQL DDL SQL DML Model Text
- 7. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Example Entity Model DDL Model SQL DDL SQL DML Model Text
- 8. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Example Entity Model DDL Model Customized SQL DDL SQL DML DDL Model Customization Model Text
- 9. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Status • Known limitations – Can only reference EObjects whose EClass has a ‘name’ feature • Future features – Add attribute based filters to selectors – EObject Identity SPI • Future directions – Interactive editor (currently declarative) – Abstract customization meta-model
- 10. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Links • Project page http://code.google.com/p/emf-customizer/ • My blog http://blog.proxiad.com/author/cvidal/ • My twitter http://twitter.com/cedricvidal
- 11. Cédric Vidal, ProxiAD – ESE 2009 - 27th October 2009 Questions ?