Chapter 5: Using GEF with EMF

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Highlights

In this chapter, we discuss developing graphical editors based on EMF and GEF, and we provide examples of how to use the two frameworks together. We also discuss how to use JET to assist in developing a GEF-based editor from an EMF model.

Note 

The sample code we describe in this chapter is available as part of the redbook additional material. See Appendix A, "Additional material" on page 225 for details on how to obtain and work with the additional material. The sample code for this chapter is provided as Eclipse projects that can be imported into your Eclipse workbench.

Each major section of this chapter has a matching Eclipse project in the additional material. Also, be sure to import the appropriate model project for the editor project you want to work with. For example, to work with the NetworkEditor project, you need to also import the NetworkEditorModel project. Some of the sample projects in this chapter also expect that you have the SAL330RWorkflowModel project in your workspace. You may have created this project by working through the examples described in Chapter 1, "Introduction to EMF" on page 3, or you can import this from our redbook sample material.

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