XML Constraint Definition Parsers

Identifier:
org.eclipse.emf.validation.constraintParsers

Since:
1.0

Description:
This extension point allows plug-ins to register objects which know how to parse constraints encoded in a particular language from the information supplied in an IConstraintDescriptor.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (constraintParser+)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT constraintParser EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST constraintParser

lang  CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

Defines a constraint parser.



Examples:

To provide support for constraints defined in scripted Java embedded in the constraint 'body', using BeanShell, one might define an extension like the following:


     <extension
         point="org.eclipse.emf.validation.constraintParsers">
      <constraintParser
            class="com.example.validation.BeanShellConstraintParser"
            lang="Java-BeanShell">
      </constraintParser>
   </extension>

Supplied Implementation:
The org.eclipse.emf.validation.ocl plug-in provides support for OCL as a constraint language using a constraint parser.


Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html