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General Board / Accessing Attr Constraints from Transf. Templates

« on: June 23, 2005, 01:34:53 am »

Hi,

This is about accessing attribute constraints (Attribute Constraints Tab information) from within Model 2 Model Transformation Templates.

Context:
I have already modified the XSD M2M Transformation Template to include some specific needs and I need to further enhance it in order to automatically read attribute length and pattern constraints described in a standard Class (not XSD) source model and generate equivalent tagged values in the XSD target model.

The current turn-around   is to use some unused but accessible attribute fields to describe the constraints (like initial value for the pattern constraint, or attribute alias for the length constraints) which is extremely non-intuitive for class modelers!  
Question

Am I missing some hidden hint about accessing attribute constraints from within Transformation Templates? Do you plan adding this possibility in the near future?

Thanks a lot.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Intermediary Language: Object Definition

« on: July 27, 2005, 01:46:03 pm »

Using a Transformation Template I can generate an Object{...} element in Intermediary Language which works fine: the class instance is created in the right package; but, for the moment, the instance is not linked to any corresponding class.

How can I define the instance classifier using the Intermediary Language, in a way to create an "objectName :ClassName" element in the EA package?

Thanks.