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RE: [mdt-papyrus.dev] Specification of the single file management

Right.

The model explorer should gives a visibility on models that are stored in a Papyrus project.

These models shoud have several serialization/storage facilities :
- native = di + notation + uml
- archived = zip file
- single file = a single xml file
- multi file = multiple xml file (granularity to be defined... Package ? Namespace ?)

This should be dealt with by an extension point in Papyrus, so that any one may add his own serialization / file management mechanism.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : mdt-papyrus.dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mdt-papyrus.dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de GERARD Sebastien 166342
Envoyé : mardi 20 octobre 2009 11:50
À : thibault.landre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc : Papyrus Project list; Kenn Hussey; SZADEL Thomas
Objet : RE: [mdt-papyrus.dev] Specification of the single file management

I think we should have a Papyrus project concept.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Thibault LANDRE [mailto:thibault.landre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Envoyé : mardi 20 octobre 2009 10:44
À : GERARD Sebastien 166342
Cc : Papyrus Project list; Kenn Hussey; SZADEL Thomas
Objet : Re: [mdt-papyrus.dev] Specification of the single file management

The Eclipse project concept doesn't suit your needs ?

GERARD Sebastien 166342 a écrit :
> One advantage of zip is its ability to be able to embed other information in any kind of format.
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : mdt-papyrus.dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mdt-papyrus.dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Thibault LANDRE
> Envoyé : lundi 19 octobre 2009 17:07
> À : Kenn Hussey
> Cc : Papyrus Project list; SZADEL Thomas
> Objet : Re: [mdt-papyrus.dev] Specification of the single file management
> 
> Kenn,
> 
> thanks for your comments.
> 
> Kenn Hussey a écrit :
>> Thibault,
>>
>> This is a great starting point. A couple of comments/observations:
>>
>> - we should get into the habit of using the term "resource" rather than 
>> "file" because, ultimately, it shouldn't matter (to the tool) where/how 
>> the content of a model/diagram is stored
> You are right. I'll fix it
>> - I think the requirement to support containment proxies 
>> (control/uncontrol actions) necessarily means that more than one 
>> physical resource will make up a model
> I agree. Each controlled model corresponds to a physical resource.
>> - just because compare/merge tooling doesn't support comparison of 
>> binary resources out of the box doesn't mean we should exclude it as a 
>> native serialization format, at least in my mind
> 
> In fact, it is possible to compare zip file. See 
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=273229
> I have run a quick test on my environment and it seems to working fine 
> (Text Compare, EMF Compare...).
> 
> However it is not possible to do any merge.
> But maybe we shouldn't allow user to merge their models. The *.emf, 
> *.notation, *.di are dependants. I think, merging will lead to more 
> issues than it solves. Advanced users could still unzip/zip their binary 
> resources to merge them.
> 
>> - if we want to support arbitrary repositories (e.g. CVS vs. CDO, etc.) 
>> transparently, we may need an "internal" storage structure/format that 
>> is different from the source/storage format
> I don't really get this point. Does this mean we should have a 
> (de)serialization mechanism before store our model in repositories ?
> 
>> - we should also consider "backup" resources, e.g. so that we can 
>> support things like autosave
> Is the Local History not suited here ?
> However we could add a mechanism to perform an autosave that user can 
> configure through preferences.
> 
> 
> We propose to regroup all the content in a single file (EMF also deals 
> with it really well). We prototyped both solutions, and it ends up that 
> the single file seems to be the best solution. We certainly missed some 
> impacts / functionnalities.
> Can you give us some arguments why having all the content in a single 
> file is not a good solution ?
> 
> To be clear, we are not "pro single file" or "pro zip". We would like to 
> find the best solution to implement this key functionnality as it will 
> be very difficult to modify our choice in the future.
> We have not commited (we could have to) the patch for this reason.
> 
> By the way, has anyone tested the patch proposed ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Thibault
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Kenn
>>
>>
>> 2009/10/19 Thibault LANDRE <thibault.landre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:thibault.landre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>
>>     Hi all,
>>
>>     You will find attached a proposed specification for the management
>>     of resources in Papyrus.
>>
>>     Any remarks / comments is welcomed.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>
>>     Thibault
>>
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