eMoflon Core

This repository holds core components of the model-driven engineering tool eMoflon.

Capabilities of eMoflon Core:

• Basic EMF builder (An autobuilder that regenerates Java code whenever you modify an .ecore file)
• eMoflon perspective
• eMoflon console

How to install

Eclipse update site available at https://emoflon.org/emoflon-core-updatesite/stable/updatesite/

Supplementary information

https://emoflon.org/ hosts the eMoflon website with general information.

https://github.com/eMoflon/emoflon-docu provides documentation and the Wiki of eMoflon.

Visit https://github.com/eMoflon/emoflon-core/issues to report any issues.

Licensing information can be found in LICENSE.md.

How to set up an eMoflon Core developer workspace

• Install Eclipse Oxygen 2 with Modeling Tools (or higher)
• Install XText 2.12.0 (or higher)
  • See Help -> Eclipse Marketplace... -> Find 'Eclipse XText'
  • Note: The entry says '2.11.0,' but 2.12.0 will be installed.
• Clone Git repository from here: https://github.com/eMoflon/emoflon-core.git
• Import the PSF file located here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eMoflon/emoflon-core/master/projectSet.psf)
• Run all MWE2 workflows to generate XText-specific code
  • See "Open Resource" dialog (Ctrl+Shift+R) -> Filter for files ending with .mwe2
• Make sure that autobuild is active so that the remaining code is generated and the Java compiler gets triggered.
  • See Project -> Build Automatically
• To test your setup,
  1. open a runtime Eclipse workspace,
  2. create a new eMoflon EMF project (File -> New -> Other... -> Filter for 'eMoflon' -> New eMoflon EMF Project Wizard),
  3. add a dummy class to the .ecore file in the /models folder of the freshly created project, and
  4. observe how eMoflon generates the corresponding EMF-compliant Java code into the /gen folder.

How to provide the eMoflon Core update site

• Follow the instructions in org.moflon.core.releng.updatesite/README.md for building and releasing the update site

How to work with Tycho

• Make sure that Maven is installed
  • See Help -> Install new Software... -> Filter for 'm2e' or look into 'General Purpose Tools/m2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse'
• Launch the launch configuration located here: /org.moflon.core.tycho.parent/.launch/emoflon-core.launch