I think that's a nice idea. I find it a little cumbersome to switch
back and forth, and usually leave another window open for the EM
perspective. But that still requires more clicking than I like to
get to the entity I want to view. If not, I'd still be happy with the
way things are now.
Bill
On Mar 20, 2008, at 7:03 AM, David Avendasora wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just had an idea of something that I think would be useful, but
> it is a substantial shift in the normal Class <-> Entity Modeler
> editing workflow.
>
> What if instead of simply seeing that the .eomodeld file in the
> "Related" list in the bottom left corner of the WOLips perspective,
> the actual Entity Properties pane came up for the Entity.java file
> currently active in the java editor?
>
> There's no need to see the outline or the list of entities as the
> WOPackageExplorer would somewhat replace that.
>
> This would be greatly streamline changing properties, adding fetch
> specifications, etc, without actually switching perspectives and
> opening Entity Modeler as a whole. It would really solidify the
> relationship between a entity's .java files and the model itself
> because a switch in perspectives (both Eclipse and actual) would no
> longer be required between java and model editing.
>
> You would only need to open the full Entity Modeler if you were
> adding attributes or relationships, but even those could be done
> here too by simply adding an Entity Modeler toolbar with all the
> requisite buttons to that pane as well.
>
> It would be very rare that you'd need to actually open the model
> file in the full Entity Modeler application, and at that point
> maybe you could just go open it out of the Resources directory, or
> have a button on the new pane that will open the full Entity
> Modeler perspective.
>
> What does everyone think?
>
> Dave
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