Mod-it library provides an API to ease creations of EMF Models in XTend.
When embedding models into code (mostly for tests), developers usually struggles with 2 strategies:
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Using resource source and weighing the project with
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Hard-to-read/edit/merge content
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Very repetitive
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Stale version
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Using code and undergo
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Unfriendly EMF syntax
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Sequential descriptions of hierarchical elements
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declare-before-reference constraints
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This library frees developers of tedious EMF factory syntax making model description similar to a JSon file with compilation check. It also suppresses the constraint of sequential code by providing a registry mechanism and resolving references in an assembling phase.
Using such syntax helps to:
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Speed up the creation of tests,
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Improve the readability of the tests,
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Improve maintainability when the tested meta-model changes
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Ease the creation of interconnected models
It has been created and used in industrial projects to ease the creation input for JUnit tests on the meta-model and business rules.
It comes with various features:
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EModit: EMF model factory API.
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EReversIt generates Xtend sources from existing models providing:
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Efficient tool to convert existing project resource,
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Round-trips for manual tests to automatic test process.
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EMF Resource factory extension provides dynamic content as an EMF Resource.
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Using plugin URI ending with '.modit', you can target class creating EMF models.
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EMF Sirius integration to write Sirius model in textual mode and lambda in XTend (avoiding text|not-compiled queries).
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SiriusReverseIt can generated classes from an existing ODesign.
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EMF enrichment where user can associate properties and lambda to meta-model and providing pseudo multi-inheritance for EObject.
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i18n classes to use Xtend template instead of properties syntax.
Documentation and release can be access on related GH-Pages.
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Fork it!
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Create your feature branch:
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Commit your changes:
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Push to the branch:
git push origin my-new-feature -
Submit a pull request.