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We are happy to provide release 0.11.0 of the KIELER Pragmatics Project! It is a framework for enhanced user interaction in graphical modeling that builds on the Eclipse platform. This document describes how to install the release and highlights the most exciting new features.
As a bonus, we are co-releasing our KLighD-based KIELER Ptolemy Browser as well.Back by popular demand: another co-release, the . The KIELER Web Service for Layout (KWebS) will be updated to the new release soon as well.
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- KIELER Light-Weight Diagrams
IViewer<?>
now now provides the method methodgetViewContext()
as as the view contexts contain the source/diagram elements mapping information.IViewer
's methodgetModel()
is marked deprecated and will be removed soon.ContextViewer
's method methodgetCurrentViewContext()
is is deprecated and will be removed soon.The dedicated internal interface interface
ILayoutRecorder
now provides now providesstartRecording()
and andstopRecording(...)
. These method's are not supposed to be called by application code.Diagram outline pages must now implement implement
IDiagramOutlinePage
(internal as well), viewer implementation providing outline pages must implement the related relatedProvider
interface interface.The base plug-
in in
de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd
does does not provide and support
for for KIVi (KIELER Infrastructur for Viewmanagement) anymore;
include the new plug-
in in
de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.kivi
in in order to use the established effects.
The The
DiagramViewPart
,DiagramEditorPart
,DiagramViewManager
implementations implementations moved to tode.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.ui
, which has been introduced with the last release.The The
ViewContext
, which is a record of all data required for building up a diagram, now provides a reference to the workbench part the diagram is shown in (was available via viaContextViewer
as as yet).IDiagramWorkbenchPart
'sgetContextViewer()
has been marked deprecated, simply usegetViewer()
(in case really need to access theContextViewer
callgetViewer().getContextViewer()
)
- KIELER Infrastructure for Meta-Layout
A new base feature for KIML was created, containing only the API, but no UI (use this feature if you don’t want the KIELER UI contributions in your application)
A generic type check was added to the method
setProperty(...)
inIPropertyHolder
DiagramLayoutEngine
moved fromkiml.ui
plugin tokiml.service
pluginAdded layout options for animation, zoom-to-fit, and progress bar display
Modified
DiagramLayoutEngine
methods to use these new optionsIDiagramLayoutManager
andLayoutMapping
moved fromkiml.ui
plugin tokiml.service
pluginLayoutDataService
implementation moved fromkiml.ui
plugin tokiml.service
pluginLayoutInfoService
implementation moved fromkiml.ui
plugin tokiml.service
plugin and renamed toLayoutConfigService
Extension point
layoutInfo
renamed tolayoutConfig
layoutConfigs
, elementoption
renamed tostaticConfig
, elementsemanticOption
renamed tosemanticConfig
, elementconfig
renamed tocustomConfig
Created base class for
LayoutConfigService
in kiml base plugin- Layout configurators now reference domain model elements as
Object
instead ofEObject
AnalysisService
moved fromkiml.service
plugin tokiml.grana
pluginTransformationService
moved fromkiml.service
plugin tokiml.formats
plugin and renamed toGraphFormatsService
Extension point
layoutManagers
moved fromkiml.ui
plugin tokiml.service
pluginRemoved support for
IGraphLayoutEngine
implementations fromlayoutManagers
extension pointCreated new class
LayoutManagersService
inkiml.service
from code that was previously hidden inkiml.ui
Removed KWebS client for Eclipse (
kwebs.client
) and removed special code for that client from KIMLMoved content of KWebS base plugin to
kwebs.server
Using
IFactory
interface for lazy creation of KIML service classesMoved
LayoutContext
class tokiml.config
Modified
ILayoutConfig
methods:getAffectedOptions(..)
instead oftransferValues(..)
New Features Included in 0.11.0
Here's a few highlights of what's new in version 0.1011.0:
- KIELER Light-Weight Diagrams
- KIELER Layout Algorithms
- KIELER Infrastructure for Meta-Layout
- KIELER Ptolemy Viewer
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- In order to support early prototyping further, the KLighD Project Wizard (introduced with the 0.10.0 release) registers simple menu contributions if corresponding item is checked.
Besides, the compiler settings of the created projects are locally set to Java 1.5 compliance level in order to avoid conflicts in combination with Java 1.7 runtime environments. - KLighD diagrams may be clipped in order to reduce depicted content.
- In diagram synthesis implementations colors may now be set by means of the
Colors
enumeration inde.cau.cs.kieler.core.krendering
package and corresponding methods in theKColoring
classes. - The selection highlighting of diagram elements may now be specified by means of selection-specific
KStyles
with the relatedselection
flag set totrue
. Find also related helper methods in theKRenderingExtensions
. The sequence of aKInvisibility
style withinvisible = true
(the initial value) and a selection-specificKInvisibility
withinvisible = false
allows to uncover additional figure components in case of selection
- In order to support early prototyping further, the KLighD Project Wizard (introduced with the 0.10.0 release) registers simple menu contributions if corresponding item is checked.
- KIELER Layout Web Services (KWebS)
- We added a 'Live' section to the supporting server where you can play around with different graphs and options.
- A new format (JSON) was introduced.
- Besides the SOAP-based web service we know also support HTTP-Post requests, e.g. allowing a lightweight use from JavaScript
- .
Quickstart
Diagram Layout
One of the core features of KIELER Pragmatics is the KIELER Infrastructure for Meta-Layout (KIML). It provides the glue between diagram editors and layout algorithms. If you have installed layout support for GMF editors, you may want to try the following:
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- Save a Ptolemy model as a
.moml
file somewhere. - Import that file into an Eclipse project.
- Open the file with the Ptolemy Model Viewer
Download and start our Ptolemy Model Browser.
Tip title Note for Mac OS Users Starting with Mac OS X Mountain Lion, trying to start the Ptolemy Model Browser may give you the following error message:
The problem is not that our application file is damaged in any way. Much rather, we have not invested the money to obtain a proper developer certificate with which this error would not be generated. The solution is to open your system preferences and navigate to the Security & Privacy settings. Therein, make sure to set Allow apps downloaded from to Anywhere:
Start the Ptolemy Browser again. This will result in the following warning:
Simple click "Open" and you're good to go at last.
- Open your moml file.
- Double-click actors that have further models inside them. Also double-click modal model states that have refinements. Use the sidebar on the right to influence how your model is displayed.
Known Problems and Limitations
- The Layout Hierarchy option of KLay Layered does not work with center labels of edges that cross hierarchy boundaries. There may also be further problems.
- The Ptolemy Model Viewer can properly display only supports a limited set of actors. Other actors may look a lot different than they do in Ptolemy.
- Currently there is no full-blown user documentation integrated. See our KIELER for more information.
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