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Foreword by Richard C. Gronback xix Foreword by Mike Milinkovich xxi Preface xxiii Acknowledgments xxvii References xxix Part I EMF Overview 1 Chapter 1 Eclipse 3 1.1 The Projects 4 1.1.1 The Eclipse Project 4 1.1.2 The Modeling Project 5 1.1.3 The Tools Project 5 1.1.4 The Technology Project 5 1.1.5 Other Projects 5 1.2 The Eclipse Platform 6 1.2.1 Plug-In Architecture 6 1.2.2 Workspace Resources 7 1.2.3 Platform UI 7 1.2.4 Rich Client Platform 9 1.3 More Information 9 Chapter 2 Introducing EMF 11 2.1 Unifying Java, XML, and UML 12 2.2 Modeling vs. Programming 15 2.3 Defining the Model 16 2.3.1 The Ecore (Meta) Model 17 2.3.2 Creating and Editing the Model 19 2.3.3 XMI Serialization 20 2.3.4 Java Annotations 21 2.3.5 The Ecore “Big Picture” 23 2.4 Generating Code 23 2.4.1 Generated Model Classes 24 2.4.2 Other Generated “Stuff” 26 2.4.3 Regeneration and Merge 27 2.4.4 The Generator Model 28 2.5 The Runtime Framework 29 2.5.1 Notification and Adapters 29 2.5.2 Object Persistence 31 2.5.3 The Reflective EObject API 35 2.5.4 Dynamic EMF 36 2.5.5 Foundation for Data Integration 38 2.6 EMF and Modeling Standards 39 2.6.1 Unified Modeling Language 39 2.6.2 Meta-Object Facility 39 2.6.3 XML Metadata Interchange 40 2.6.4 Model Driven Architecture 40 Chapter 3 Model Editing with EMF.Edit 41 3.1 Displaying and Editing EMF Models 42 3.1.1 Eclipse UI Basics 43 3.1.2 EMF.Edit Support 45 3.2 Item Providers 46 3.2.1 Content and Label Item Providers 47 3.2.2 Item Property Source 49 3.2.3 Command Factory 50 3.2.4 Change Notification 51 3.2.5 ...
