Summer Project Marama2008

By Robert and Johnson

What is Marama?Marama is an Eclipses based toolset

permits rapid specification of notational elements, meta-models, view editors and view-model mappings.

◦ A tool generates other tools◦ Eclipses Plug-in (JAVA)◦ Usage: construct basic visual modellers fast◦ more accessible approach to domain specific visual

language specification than other meta-tools

A Class Diagram Tool

How is Marama workingModelling Steps:

Meta-Model-designer

ShapeType Designer

View Mapping Designer

View Type

View mapping

Generate

End Tool Diagrams

Is used for

Entity.xml

Association.xml

Shape.xml

Connector.xml

Any Diagrams!Marama could generate any diagram you

want to have, in a few hours, amazingly!Proof?Download:

https://wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/csidst/Downloads

Project ObjectivePart 1:

Extend existing example tools that were available for Marama.

Part 2:enhancing meta-tool capabilities by introducing new visual notations and user interactions.

Main WorkProgrammingDebugging DesigningTestingDocumentations

ChallengesTraining on Marama Both of us have limited experience in JavaNo UML diagrams to analysisEclipses LibrariesUncommented codeBugs

◦ pre-existing◦ Our own creation

Part1: Improving existing toolsMarama Sudden

◦ Used for Supply Chain Management Tool

Marama FB◦ Function Block Designer Tool

Both tools are developed by other research students.

Both with a few bugs.Some of the features were not working.

OutcomesFixed lots of Layout bugsAdded some event handlers to improve the

interactionThese tools are much better than beforeTraining on Marama and Eclipse IDE Transformation to new version of Marama

New features on Meta-toolWe introduced some new features in

the newest version of Marama◦Association creation process◦Mapping creation process◦One step view mapping◦Naming shape in shape definer◦Setting defaults◦API for duplicate shape◦Button shape in shapes

Default settingsGive shapes unique key names when

createdMake sure 2 shapes don’t share a same

key valueImplemented by adding a new event

handler to the DiagramUnit Test

Button Shape in the shapesCreate a button in the Shape

DefinerA property value Link to an event

handlerEach time the button is pressed,

run the event handler Some new API added to constrain

the event handler