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Papyrus/Papyrus Developer Guide
Contents
- 1 Development Environment
- 2 Development Plan
- 3 Getting the code
- 4 Papyrus Generation
- 5 Papyrus Code Standards
- 6 Papyrus Coding guidelines
- 7 Papyrus Bugzilla usage
- 8 Papyrus Log
- 9 Papyrus Build Process
- 10 Papyrus Creation Type
- 11 Papyrus Command Execution, History, Undo/Redo
- 12 New plugin Submition Process
Development Environment
To ease the development on Papyrus, each member of the team works with basically the same configuration.
Following is a description of the configuration for Eclipse Indigo and Eclipse Helios
Eclipse Indigo
- Can be used with the Papyrus Head.
- [1] The latest Eclipse Indigo Modeling release.
- GMF >= 3.4 . Use following update site: http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/gmp/updates/milestones/
- [2] SVN Subversive (or Subclipse)
- [3] CheckStyle
- [4] JAutoDoc
You can also use the target platform defined here:
Eclipse Helios
- Can be used with Papyrus 7.x branch.
- [5] Eclipse Modeling 3.6. GMF needs to be install on top of this release.
- [6] ANTLR 3.0.0. Download this plug-in and put it into the dropins folder.
- [7] SVN Subversive (or Subclipse)
- [8] CheckStyle
- [9] JAutoDoc
Development Plan
Specifications
The specifications are available here : http://wiki.eclipse.org/Papyrus_Developer_Guide/Specifications
Getting the code
Connecting to the svn
The code is available under svn at this location http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/modeling/org.eclipse.mdt.papyrus/
Retrieve code
PSF Following files will allow you to import all Papyrus plugins used during build phase:
- Nightly Builds:
- for subversive plugin user: PSF Subversive PSF
- for subclipse plugin user: PSF Subclipse PSF
Retrieve configuration files
The Papyrus Code Templates and Java Formatter files are available under the Papyrus repository in the plugin org.eclipse.papyrus.doc under the folder "templates"
FAQ How do I control the Java formatter
FAQ How can templates make me the fastest coder ever
Checkstyle : available soon
The note explains how to install the templates in your environment.
Papyrus Generation
- Papyrus generation mechanism is explained here : Papyrus Developer Guide/Papyrus diagram generation
Papyrus Code Standards
- Java Doc - every class, method and field including private ones should be documented with Java Doc
- No abbreviations - the class, methods and variables should have meaningful names
- Formatting - the code should be formatted in accordance with format templates
- Compile - the modified code and other plugins should be compilable. Be sure to use Java 1.5 code compatibility. Check other plugins that could be influenced before commiting!
- Standard Java Rules coding - Unless specified differently, the Java Standard Coding rules should be applied : no abbreviations, variables starting with lower case; class and types with upper case; Composed name separated with upper case; no underscore in names; ...
- In case of doubt - check existing code from those following the rules :-)
Papyrus Coding guidelines
A few points may be a little tricky when coding for Papyrus. Among them :
- The usage of editing domains and gmf/gef/emf commands. See this detailed article Papyrus Developer Guide/Editing Domains and Commands
Papyrus Bugzilla usage
When adding a task to the buzilla, the following grammar should be used:
- '[' Category ']' NameOfTheTask
The category helps to filter the bugs for developers. There are already some existing categories: General, XXX Diagram, Common, Property View, etc.
Papyrus Log
- Papyrus Log is explained here Papyrus Developer Guide/Papyrus Log
Papyrus Build Process
- Papyrus build process on Athena is explained here Papyrus Developer Guide/Build Process.
Papyrus Creation Type
- mechanism of type creation used in the model explorer and in the property view is explained Papyrus Developer Guide/Type Creation
Papyrus Command Execution, History, Undo/Redo
The following document tries to explain how the differents Eclipse Command frameworks work and how they are related. It also explains how commands should be executed in Papyrus, in order to have correct undo/redo.
Following UML model with code reverse can also be useful:
- http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/modeling/org.eclipse.mdt.papyrus/trunk/doc/DevelopperDocuments//architecture/CommandStackFramework.di
- http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/modeling/org.eclipse.mdt.papyrus/trunk/doc/DevelopperDocuments//architecture/CommandStackFramework.notation
- http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/modeling/org.eclipse.mdt.papyrus/trunk/doc/DevelopperDocuments//architecture/CommandStackFramework.uml
New plugin Submition Process
New plugin should follow the submition process describe here: PapyrusNewPluginSubmitionProcess