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[tigerstripe-dev] Model Component naming Extension Point
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All,
We have had a couple
of bugs about the naming rules for new components. Some of the names being
suggested seem a bit "specific" to me, so I have been looking at making
an Extension Point for Naming of new ModelComponents as they are added to the
model. The idea is that existing rules in the platform are left pretty generic,
but users who want more sophisticated algorithms, different defaults
etc, can implement rules as they wish through the extension
point.
(We need to ensure
that in the event of failure to provide a new name, the existing mechanisms are
used).
Need to provide new names for :
Artifact (of each
type).
Association
Ends.
Dependency
Ends.
Attributes.
Literals.
Methods.
Method
Arguments ( see note below
).
The *SAME* naming algorithm method should be
called from :
Wizard
Editor
Diagram (D
& D)
Anywhere else
we create components.
This may be the case
now - I'm just not 100% certain!
In theory we can get to anything we need from
an IModelComponent. eg for an Attribute, we can access the containing Artifact
and thus make sure we are "unique"for that
Artifact. For an Artifact we
can access the Project to check for unique
ness at that level, and so on.in the case
of Association Ends, it needs to look at other ends on artifacts, etc . This means the Interface that has to be implemented
by a naming extension can be kept very simple.
NOTE THAT Method Arguments are not
IModelComponents in the current API - but will be in the EMF based
metamodel. They will therefore have to be
delayed.
Comments
welcome.
Richard
