doc/org.eclipse.xsd.cheatsheets/cheatsheets/GenerateEMFFromXSD.xml

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<cheatsheet title="Generating an EMF Model from XML Schema">

  <intro href="/org.eclipse.emf.doc/tutorials/xlibmod/xlibmod.html">
    <description>
      This cheat sheet is a step-by-step description of how to generate an EMF
      model and editor from an XML Schema.
    </description>
  </intro>

  <item title="Set up the environment">
  	<description>
  	  Your environment must be set up before you can perform the steps in this cheat sheet.
  	</description>

    <subitem
      label="Create an &quot;EMF Cheatsheet Data&quot; project in your workspace with the example &quot;library.xsd&quot; file."
      skip="true">
      <action
        pluginId="org.eclipse.emf.cheatsheets"
        class="org.eclipse.emf.cheatsheets.actions.CopyFileFromPluginAction"
        param1="EMF Cheatsheet Data"
        param2=""
        param3="org.eclipse.xsd.cheatsheets/archive/xsd/library.xsd" 
        translate="" />
    </subitem>

    <subitem
      when="true" 
      label="Delete or rename the following projects if they exist in your workspace: &quot;library.xsd&quot;, &quot;library.xsd.edit&quot;, &quot;library.xsd.editor&quot;."
      skip="true" />
  </item>

  <item
    title="Import the model from XML Schema"
    href="/org.eclipse.emf.doc/tutorials/xlibmod/xlibmod.html#step1"
    dialog="true"
    skip="true">
    <description>
      First, you must create a new &quot;library.xsd&quot; EMF project in your workspace, importing
      the schema to create the EMF model.
    </description>

    <subitem label="Select &quot;File &gt; New &gt; Project...&quot;. Expand &quot;Eclipse Modeling Framework&quot; and select &quot;EMF Project&quot;. Then, click &quot;Next&quot;." skip="true">
      	<action
          pluginId="org.eclipse.emf.cheatsheets"
          class="org.eclipse.emf.cheatsheets.actions.OpenEMFProjectWizardAction"
          param1="library.xsd"
          param2="org.eclipse.xsd.ecore.importer" 
          translate="" />
    </subitem>
    <subitem label="Enter &quot;library.xsd&quot; as the project name, then click &quot;Next&quot;." skip="false" />
    <subitem label="Select &quot;XML Schema&quot;, then click &quot;Next&quot;." skip="false" />
    <subitem label="Click &quot;Browse Workspace...&quot;, and expand &quot;EMF Cheatsheet Data&quot; to select &quot;library.xsd&quot;. Then click &quot;Next&quot;." skip="false" />
    <subitem label="Select the package &quot;org.eclipse.example.library&quot;, then click &quot;Finish&quot;." skip="false" />
  </item>

  <item
    title="Generate the code"
    href="/org.eclipse.emf.doc/tutorials/xlibmod/xlibmod.html#step2"
    dialog="true"
    skip="true">
    <description>
      Generate the code to implement the model and an editor for it. The generator is automatically opened on completion of the wizard in the previous step.
    </description>

    <repeated-subitem values="Model,Edit,Editor">
      <subitem label="In the generator, right click on &quot;Library&quot; and select &quot;Generate ${this} Code&quot;." />
    </repeated-subitem>
    <subitem label="If automatic building has been disabled, select &quot;Project &gt; Build All&quot; to compile the generated code." skip="true">
      <action
        pluginId="org.eclipse.emf.cheatsheets"
        class="org.eclipse.emf.cheatsheets.actions.BuildAllProjectsAction" />
    </subitem>
  </item>

  <item
    title="Run the generated editor"
    href="/org.eclipse.emf.doc/tutorials/xlibmod/xlibmod.html#step4"
    dialog="true"
    skip="true">
    <description>
      Now, you are set to run the generated editor and create a new library instance.
    </description>
    <onCompletion>
      Congratulations! You have succesfully created an EMF model from an XML Schema, generated the code, and created an instance of the model.
    </onCompletion> 

    <subitem label="Select the &quot;library.xsd&quot; project in the package explorer and invoke the &quot;Run &gt; Run As &gt; Eclipse Application&quot; menu item. This starts a runtime instance of Eclipse with the newly generated plug-ins available." />
    <subitem label="In the runtime instance, create a new general project called &quot;librarytest&quot;." />
    <subitem label="Right click &quot;librarytest&quot; and select &quot;New &gt; Other...&quot;." />
    <subitem label="Expand &quot;Example EMF Model Creation Wizards&quot; and select &quot;Library Model&quot;. Then, click &quot;Next&quot;." />
    <subitem label="Enter &quot;My.library&quot; as the file name, then click &quot;Next&quot;." />
    <subitem label="Select &quot;Library&quot;; as the model object, then click &quot;Finish&quot;." />
    <subitem label="The generated library editor is opened. Expand &quot;platform:/resource/librarytest/My.library&quot;. Right click &quot;Library&quot; and select &quot;New Child &gt; Writer&quot; to create a writer object in the library." />
    <subitem label="Create additional writers and books in the library, and edit the objects' properties in the properties view." />
    <subitem label="Select &quot;File > Save&quot; to save the instance." />
  </item>
</cheatsheet>