Software Merge Project

• Last time the background was poor so we decided to make it much better

Welcome• Usage example• What we did – task assignments• What are we doing• Communication• Documentation• Model• Technologies• Problems

What we did– Research– Java– Eclipse– CVS– EMF– GEF– Eclipse Plug-ins

What are we doingMathias Alexandersson Documentation & supervision (if we forgot some use

cases, etc.), communication with Richard. Approval lobbing.

Sebastien Bourgeois GUI modeling & drag and drop research, do we need it?

Lei Liu GUI modeling & Java custom drawn components research, communication.

Marko Burazin Plug-in model, GUI model, component (GUI – Plug-in) interconnection research.

Mladen Cikara Plug-in model, views and perspectives, how to integrate custom drawn components, communication.

Miroslav Lakotic Engine model, history model, system integration, presentation, interfaces.

Marko Pecic Input structure modeling, EMF , history suggestions, interconnection, dynamic system structure build.

Communication– Skype– Documentation– Pictures & diagrams– Fun & personal

Documentation• Every desided document is on the project page

including research reports• Reserach reports

– EMF– XSD– Eclipse Plugin development– GEF

• Week reports• Skype chat transripts (translated)

Usage example and requirements• The purpose of Software Merge

• The first usage example draft

GUI

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GUI

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GUI

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GUI

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The basic component modelMerge model

System representation

Engine & component interconection

GUI

History management

Eclipse Plugin

Marko Pecic

Miroslav Lakotic

Mladen Cikara & Marko Burazin

Lei Liu & Sebastien Bourgeois

Miroslav Lakotic & Marko Pecic

Documentation & supervision

Mathias Alexandersson

Plug-in development• Perspectives

• Views

• Model

• Changes to be made

•Plugin development– MVC (model-view-controller) architecture

– The models are outside

GEFInputSystemView

GEFInputSystemController

GEFOutputSystemView

GEFOutputSystemController

InputSystemViewPlugin OutputsystemViewPlugin

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GEFHistoryView

HistoryViewPlugin

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GEFHistoryController

Input structures• EMF

• System representation

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child components0..*

parent components

components

Application

name: String

Component

name: String

Component

name: String

Component

name: String

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• Save

• Load XMI / XML documents

Serialization

EMF Application

Resources

Class A

Class B

Class C

ECore model

Deserialization

EMF Application

ResourcesXMI document

EList

Class A

Class B

Class C

GEF: MVC Framework

GEF: Build the view

GEF: Perform a modification 1ToolUI

RootPanelEditPart

model objectchangeModel()

1.getTargetEditPart(Request)

EditPart2.getCommand(Request)3.getCommand(Request)

Command4.executeCommand()

GEF: Perform a modification 2

Engine & history• Engine

– Link between components– Part of MVC architecture

• History– EMF generated– Decision making mechanism– Version comparisons– Branching– Team is still devided

The Goal

Problems faced

• Communications between two sides• Cooperation between two sides• Understand the requirement from the customers• Thinking the same way• Divison between some project components• Learning Eclipse plug-in frameworks

Thank you

Questions?