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| − | This page is the entry page for all information related to the GEF4 provisional component.
| + | [[GEF/GEF4 | GEF4]] is the initial name for the the fourth generation API of the [http://www.eclipse.org/gef Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)]. It superseded the [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/draw2d/ Draw2d 3.x], [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/gef_mvc/index.php GEF (MVC) 3.x], and [https://www.eclipse.org/gef/zest/index.php Zest 1.x] legacy components, which are not developed further but only maintained. |
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| − | == Introduction ==
| + | With the [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.gef/releases/5.0.0-oxygen Oxygen release] GEF4 was evolved into GEF 5.0.0, as outlined in [http://nyssen.blogspot.de/2017/02/gef4-1-gef-5.html#Merger%20of%20MVC%20and%20MVC.FX 'GEF4 + 1 = GEF 5'], while the term 'GEF-Legacy' was established to refer to the legacy production components. |
| − | As agreed on in Bugzilla [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=347636 347636], development of a new GEF 4.0 API will be started in parallel to the current GEF 3.x development branch under the following terms:
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| − | #After the Indigo release has been completed, a GEF experimental branch is created by forking the GEF 3.7 code-base into a Git repository (possibly located next to Zest 2.0, so that all experimental GEF components can be found in one place).
| + | For further information, please consider the [https://github.com/eclipse/gef#eclipse-graphical-editing-framework-gef GitHub README] or the meta-data at [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.gef projects.eclipse.org]. |
| − | #The experimental branch created thereby will live parallel to the GEF HEAD branch, considering all its API as provisional unless explicitly graduated. It will not interfere with GEF HEAD, i.e. it will have its own build process and separate wiki pages for documentation of the ongoing work (similar to Zest 2.0).
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| − | #Committers working on the experimental branch will be responsible for ensuring fixes made to GEF HEAD also get applied to the experimental branch.
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| − | #Graduation of the experimental branch back into GEF HEAD will have to imply that a proper compatibility layer is in place so all GEF 3.x clients run in a 100% binary compatible method. It will furthermore have to be acknowledged by all GEF committers.
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| − | #Work will start without an incubator project at first, granting commit rights on the Git repository to all current GEF committers. The question of introducing an incubator project (located under GEF) will be deferred until a) community wants to actively get involved or b) Juno has been released (whatever comes first).
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| − | As migration of GEF to git has not been completed yet (see Bugzilla [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=351232 351232] for details), development has been started by creating a new Geometry API, based on the current Draw2d geometry classes (see Bugzilla [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=355997 355997] for details).
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| − | == Source Code ==
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| − | All source code of the GEF4 provisional component is located in the [http://git.eclipse.org/c/gef/org.eclipse.gef4.git/ GEF4 Git repository]
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| − | == Builds/Update Sites ==
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| − | A Tycho-based build infrastructure for the GEF4 component has been configured under [https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/gef4-nightly-tycho https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/gef4-nightly-tycho]. The build job is triggered hourly in case of changes to the source code repository and further once per day. It produces an update-site, which does not get promoted to downloads.eclipse.org, but can directly be consumed from:
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| − | * [https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/gef4-nightly-tycho/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/update-site https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/gef4-nightly-tycho/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/update-site]
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| − | In addition to this, integration, milestones, and release builds are promoted to downloads.eclipse.org and can be found here:
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| − | * [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/integration http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/integration]
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| − | * [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/milestones http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/milestones]
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| − | * [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/releases http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/gef4/updates/releases]
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| − | Note that while integration builds are promoted automatically once per week (every friday), milestone and release builds are published only manually on the respective occasions (not yet). Further note that these update sites are merged (so old builds are preserved), while the nightly update site gets replaced on each build.
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| − | == Components / Roadmap ==
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| − | * Juno release:
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| − | ** [[GEF/GEF4/Geometry | GEF4 Geometry]]
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| − | * Juno + 1 release (migrating parts of existing Draw2d and GEF MVC to GEF4 Geometry, including an initial refactoring):
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| − | ** GEF4 Draw2d Core (Graphics, Canvas, Figure, Bounds, etc.)
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| − | ** GEF4 Draw2d Shapes
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| − | ** GEF4 MVC (EditPartViewer, EditParts, EditPolicies, EditDomain, CommandStack, etc.)
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| − | ** GEF4 Editor (EditorPart, UI integration)
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| − | ** GEF4 Examples (only logic example)
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