Difference between revisions of "EPP/Obsolete/Wizard/eppmodel.xml"

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This page documents the "eppmodel.xml" file format used for xml repository generation. (For a sample configuration, please refer to http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.epp/plugins/org.eclipse.epp.wizard/data/model/eppmodel.xml?root=Technology_Project&view=markup). This file references IUs in a metadata repository (i.e content.xml).

Overview

The xml tag structure is as follows. The number in parentheses after the element names denote how many times this element should occur within the parent element.

• eppmodel (1)
  • structure (1)
    • screen (*)
      • group (*)
        • info (1)
        • iuref (*)

eppmodel

This is the root element of the xml file.

structure

This element is just a container for screen elements

screen

This element represents on screen page in the wizard dialog.

label

Displayed label for this wizard screen, also shown in navigation bar

group

A group within a wizard screen. These elements group a set of features together, which can be selected together by selecting the group. The group is usuallay displayed collapsed (i.e. features are not shown) but can be expanded to show all contained features, which can then be individually selected.

label

Displayed label for this group, displayed on the wizard screen

alias

Alias for this group, diplayed in the selection view to the right

icon

name of the icon to display for this group, this file should be in the same folder as the eppmodel.xml

info

Information text for a group. The text element contained in this element is the description displayed with the group.

iuref

Reference to one of the IUs defined in the metadata repository configured by epp.metadata.

refid

id attribute value of the referenced IU

alias

caption shown in the "My selection" view