EMF Editor goes RAP

This Page tries to explain how to turn an automatic generated EMF editor into an RAP application

To generate the EMF editor we first need a Ecore model. We will use the Simple Purchase Order model (file SimplePO.ecore) that is also used in the EMF book. In an UML Editor this model looks as depicted below:

The SimplePO.ecore file viewed in a text editor: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?> <ecore:EPackage xmi:version="2.0"

   xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:ecore="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore" name="po"
   nsURI="http:///com/example/po.ecore" nsPrefix="com.example.po">
 <eClassifiers xsi:type="ecore:EClass" name="PurchaseOrder">
   <eStructuralFeatures xsi:type="ecore:EReference" name="items" upperBound="-1"
       eType="#//Item" containment="true"/>
   <eStructuralFeatures xsi:type="ecore:EAttribute" name="shipTo" eType="ecore:EDataType http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore#//EString"/>
   <eStructuralFeatures xsi:type="ecore:EAttribute" name="billTo" eType="ecore:EDataType http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore#//EString"/>
 </eClassifiers>
 <eClassifiers xsi:type="ecore:EClass" name="Item">
   <eStructuralFeatures xsi:type="ecore:EAttribute" name="productName" eType="ecore:EDataType http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore#//EString"/>
   <eStructuralFeatures xsi:type="ecore:EAttribute" name="quantity" eType="ecore:EDataType http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore#//EInt"/>
   <eStructuralFeatures xsi:type="ecore:EAttribute" name="price" eType="ecore:EDataType http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore#//EFloat"/>
 </eClassifiers>

</ecore:EPackage>