Generate EMF Model via Gradle

Question

I am currently evaluating EMF. Therefore, I created a few toy models inside Eclipse and generated the corresponding code.

Since my workflow does not contain any Eclipse related tools I would like to stick to my gradle-based workflow for non-toy projects. Is it possible and does it make sense to generate EMF models (provided via annotated Java) via Gradle without Eclipse?

Absolutely....emf core does not require any eclipse dependencies....but if you need any emf ui related features then probably you need eclipse dependencies... — saurav, Mar 21 '16 at 03:09
I know that the generated code can theoretically run standalone without Eclipse. But can I run the code generator outside of Eclipse? Do you know how I can generate code for emf models with gradle? Thanks! — miho, Mar 21 '16 at 15:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '16 at 08:53

Xtext has the possibility to generate xtext languages using gradle. part of this option is to run mwe2 workflows. there is a mwe workflow component to run the ecore 2 java generator (EcoreGenerator)

thus you should be able to write a workflow that uses this component and do the generation via gradle. unfortunately if will be manual work to stick all together

Workflow {

bean = org.eclipse.emf.mwe.utils.StandaloneSetup {
    platformUri=".."
}

component = org.eclipse.emf.mwe.utils.DirectoryCleaner {
    directory ="src/main/java/sample"
}

component = org.eclipse.emf.mwe2.ecore.EcoreGenerator {
    generateCustomClasses = false
    genModel = "platform:/resource/org.xtext.example.mydsl3/model/sample.genmodel"
    srcPath = "platform:/resource/org.xtext.example.mydsl3/src/main/java" 
}
}

e.g. you may have to adapt the genmodel regarding the places where the generated sources should go to etc.

Generate EMF Model via Gradle

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