© 2010 by boeing; made available under the epl v1.0 | march 23, 2010 | xtext and gef deliver...

© 2010 by Boeing; made available under the EPL v1.0 | March 23, 2010 |

Xtext and GEF deliver editors for the Open System Engineering Environment

Ryan BrooksRyan Schmitt

BoeingMesa, AZ

Xtext and GEF deliver editors for OSEE | © 2010 by Boeing; made available under the EPL v1.0

What is OSEE?

OSEE is a tightly integrated systems engineering environment designed to support lean engineering principles across a product's full life-cycle.

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OSEE Types Definition

Central to OSEE is a shared data model

Previously the data model was extended by adding custom OSEE types defined in Excel spreadsheets

New approach utilizes Xtext to generate an Eclipse editor that supports a domain specific language for defining OSEE types


Weaknesses of Previous Approach

No syntax or semantics checking Issues not found until runtime Poor readability No navigation support No auto-complete Limited visual clues Required awkward sax parsing Not stored using an open source format Not integrated with Eclipse


ATS Workflow Configuration

Action Tracking System provides integrated change management in OSEE

Workflow configuration previously done in Visual Understanding Environment (VUE)

The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) supports the creation of 2D graphical editors for Eclipse

OSEE now uses GEF to create a specialized workflow configuration editor


ATS Workflow Example


Workflow Configuration Using VUE


Workflow Configuration Using OSEE


Questions

Also, for more information please see http://www.eclipse.org/osee/

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