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Graphical Editing Framework
The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) allows developers to create a rich graphical editor from an existing application model. GEF consists of 2 plug-ins. The org.eclipse.draw2d plug-in provides a layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics. The developer can then take advantage of the many common operations provided in GEF and/or extend them for the specific domain. GEF employs an MVC (model-view-controller) architecture which enables simple changes to be applied to the model from the view.
While the main GEF website contains the bulk of information regarding the project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc.
Contents
Downloads
- Downloads
- Learn GEF through Template for more Look GEF Developer FAQ-->Sample GEF As a Template for Eclipse 3.4.Xv
Update Sites
The GEF update sites have moved.
The old sites are still available here:
Documentation
GEF Project
- New and Noteworthy: 3.6 (stable) , 3.7 (development)
- GEF Website
- GEF Contributor Guide
- GEF Team Meetings
Draw2d/GEF
Zest
External Documentation (Articles, Slides, Books)
- Chris Aniszczyk, Randy Hudson (2007): Create an Eclipse-based application using the Graphical Editing Framework - How to get started with the GEF and other options for the graphically inclined Eclipse developer, IBM developerWorks article
- Randy Hudson (2006): Graphical Editing Framework - Tutorial, EclipseCon presentation slides
- William Moore, David Dean, Anna Gerber, Gunnar Wagenknecht, Philippe Vanderheyden (2004): Eclipse Development using the Graphical Editing Framework and the Eclipse Modeling Framework, IBM Redbook
- Daniel Lee (2003): Display a UML Diagram using Draw2D, Eclipse Corner Article
- Eric Bordeau (2003): Using Native Drag and Drop in GEF, Eclipse Corner Article
- Phil Zoio (2004): Building a database schema diagram editor, Eclipse Corner Article
- By Bo Majewski (2004): A shape diagram editor, Eclipse Corner Article
- Lars Vogel (2009): Eclipse Zest - Tutorial, article