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| <h1>New Graphiti Plug-in Wizard</h1> |
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| This wizard has been introduced with Graphiti 0.9.0 and allows the |
| creation of a new Eclipse plug-in project containing a basic Graphiti |
| editor. It is integrated in the <i>New Plug-in Project Wizard</i> |
| provided by Eclipse PDE and can be started via <i>File --> New |
| --> Project... --> Plug-in Development --> Plug-in Project</i>. |
| The user can specify the name along with the other settings for the |
| new plug-in project and on the third page of the wizard select the |
| template <i>Plug-in with a Graphiti Editor</i>. |
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| <img alt="Template selection for new Plug-in with a Graphiti Editor" |
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| <p>On the next page, the user can change the pre-filled definitions |
| of the Graphiti Diagram Type, Diagram Type Provider and Feature |
| Provider to be created. The initial values proposed there are derived |
| from the name of the plug-in project.</p> |
| <p>In the lower part of the screen (section "Feature Provider") the |
| user can decide if he wants to use the standard feature or the pattern |
| approach for implementing the Graphiti editor.</p> |
| <img alt="General settings for new Plug-in with a Graphiti Editor" |
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| <p>On the last page of the wizard the user can finally define any |
| domain objects he would like to use within the editor. By default none |
| are used, but both for the shape and the connection created by the |
| wizard, the user can reference a domain object to be used. (It might |
| be an EObject but does not need to be.)</p> |
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| alt="Domain object settings for new Plug-in with a Graphiti Editor" |
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| <p>After finishing the wizard a new plug-in is created containing |
| the definitions and basic implementation classes for a new Graphiti |
| diagram editor that allows the creation of new shapes and connections |
| between shapes. The shapes and connections are not yet linked to any |
| domain objects but offer a good starting point for building a real |
| editor. The user may simply start a Eclipse Application as runtime for |
| this and simply create a new Graphiti diagram with the new type by |
| using the Graphiti New Diagram Wizard that comes as part of the |
| examples.</p> |
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| There are still some spots in the generated coding that are marked |
| with a <i>// TODO</i> tag. Here the client needs to adapt the coding, |
| e.g. to create a new instance of the domain object. Also some type |
| checks are generated but not yet enabled, because by default the |
| wizard cannot create linked domain objects. |
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