Toolbar/Plugin Documentation

This section describes the operation of the add-on toolbars and plugins available within AToMPM.

Exporter of AToMPM’s Metamodels and Models to Ecore

This implementation allows you to export metamodels and models from AToMPM to Ecore.

Copyright (c) 2017 Khady FALL (khady.fall@umontreal.ca)

Utilisation

To export metamodels or models in AToMPM, follow these steps:

1. Open a new session in AToMPM.

2. Click on the “(re-)load a toolbar” button.

3. In the \Toolbars\Ecore folder, choose “Export2Ecore.buttons.model” then click the “ok” button.

4. Load your metamodel or model in the current canvas.

5. If you want to export a metamodel, click on the “MM -> Ecore” button of the loaded toolbar (the first button). If you want to export a model, rather click on the “M -> Ecore” button (the second button).

6. If you want to export a model, you will be asked to enter the name of the model, the name of the metamodel and its URI. Also, you will be asked if you want a dynamic instance or a static one. There are default values:

   • The model’s name will be the current model name

   • The metamodel’s name and URI will be composed as follows:

     • “[name_of_current_model]Metamodel”

     • “http://[name_of_current_model]”

7. If you want to export a metamodel, you will be asked to enter the name of the metamodel and its URI. There are default values:

   • The name of the current metamodel

   • A URI composed as follows: “http://[name_of_(meta)model]”.

8. After entering that information, click the “ok” button.

9. A file .ecore for a metamodel, or a file .xmi for a model, has been created. That file is in a folder \exported_to_ecore located in the \atompm folder of your AToMPM installation.

10. If you want to use the exported file in Eclipse, you have to register the metamodel.