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EPP/Obsolete/Wizard/eppmodel.xml
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)
Contents
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 (1)
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