Setup instructions for a model-to-model transformation that specifies a URI as a target

To run the transformation, you must import the transformation plug-in into your workspace, start the runtime workbench, import the UML test project, and then invoke the transformation.

Import the sample

Procedure

  1. On the sample overview page, click Import the sample.
  2. In the Sample Model-to-Model Transformations import wizard, in the Project Name field, specify a name for the sample project.
  3. Click Finish.
  4. If you are prompted to switch to the Plug-in Development perspective, click OK. The wizard creates the new project in your workspace. The Package Explorer view displays the new plug-in project. You can now browse the sample transformation mapping model and transformation source code.

Results

The imported plug-in contains the following items:
  • In the models folder, a transformation mapping model named project4source.mapping
  • In the src folder, the transformation source code that is generated from the mapping model
  • In the Project4sourceTransformationValidator and Project4sourceTransformationProvider classes, modifications to the generated transformation source code

Run the transformation

Procedure

  1. Start the runtime workbench.
  2. Click Help > Help Contents.
  3. On the Contents page, click Samples > Technology samples > UML models > Transformation that specifies a URI as a target sample.
  4. On the sample overview page, click Import the test project.
  5. In the Sample Transformations Test Project import wizard, in the Project Name field, specify a name for the test project.
  6. Click Finish.
  7. If you are prompted to switch to the Modeling perspective, click OK. The wizard creates the new project in your workspace. The Package Explorer view displays the new plug-in project. You can now browse the test model and the transformation configuration.
  8. In the Package Explorer view, double-click the transformation configuration file named runtest.tc.
  9. Optional: If you specified a project name other than the default in step 5, you must update the paths to the source and target models.
  10. In the transformation configuration editor, on the Source and Target tab, in the Selected source pane, expand the imported test model, and click the model named Source.
  11. Click File > Save.
  12. On the Main tab of the transformation configuration editor, click Run. The transformation completes the following steps:
    • It creates a target model file named Target.emx. This file name is displayed in the runtest.tc transformation configuration, on the Properties page.
    • It copies elements from the source model to the target model.

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