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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)

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

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.

featureref

Reference to one of the features defined in a feature element. This feature is shown inside the parent group.

id
id attribute value of the referenced feature
alias
caption shown in the wizard screen and the selection view

features

Container element for feature elements

feature

Element describing a feature. This is basically a standard feature description, as used by P2.

id
feature id
version
OSGi version identifier

includes

Include features of this feature, these should refer to standard feature IDs (i.e. IUs) available on the standard P2 metadata site.

id
feature/IU id

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