org.eclipse.emf.ecp.ide.spi.util

Class EcoreHelper

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.emf.ecp.ide.spi.util.EcoreHelper

public final class EcoreHelper
extends Object

Helper methods for dealing with ecores.

Since:

1.13

Author:

Alexandra Buzila

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object[]	getDefaultPackageRegistryContents()
static Set<String>	getOtherRelatedWorkspacePaths(String ecorePath) Returns the path for all ecores for which
protected static void	loadResource(String ecorePath, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource resource) Wraps loading a Resource in order to catch thrown IOExceptions and rethrow them with more informative messages.
static void	registerEcore(String ecorePath) Put an ecore's EPackage into the EPackage.Registry.
static void	unregisterEcore(String ecorePath) Remove the ecore's EPackage from the EPackage.Registry.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

registerEcore

public static void registerEcore(String ecorePath)
                          throws IOException

Put an ecore's EPackage into the EPackage.Registry. Subsequently, register all referenced ecores.

Parameters:

ecorePath - - path to the ecore

Throws:

IOException - if resource cannot be loaded

loadResource

protected static void loadResource(String ecorePath,
                                   org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource resource)
                            throws IOException

Wraps loading a Resource in order to catch thrown IOExceptions and rethrow them with more informative messages.

Parameters:

ecorePath - The path of the resource. Needed for informative messages

resource - The Resource to load

Throws:

IOException - if the loading of the Resource fails

getOtherRelatedWorkspacePaths

public static Set<String> getOtherRelatedWorkspacePaths(String ecorePath)

Returns the path for all ecores for which

a) the given ecore is dependent on.

b) the uri is a platform resource URI, meaning the ecore is available in the workspace.

Parameters:

ecorePath - the path

Returns:

the ecore nsuris

unregisterEcore

public static void unregisterEcore(String ecorePath)

Remove the ecore's EPackage from the EPackage.Registry. It also removes the packages of referenced ecores.

Parameters:

ecorePath - - the path of the ecore to be removed.

getDefaultPackageRegistryContents

public static Object[] getDefaultPackageRegistryContents()

Returns:

the EPackages which are registered in the EPackage registry by default (without the ones registered during runtime by the tooling).