Graphical description

Description

The graphical description is the configuration resource that contains all the directives that emf2gv uses in the diagram generation process.

Emf2gv provides an eclipse based tree editor that helps to create graphical descriptions.

A graphical description basically contains ClassFigures, AttributeFigures and ReferenceFigures.

Note : it can also contain advanced items like RichAttributeFigures, RichReferenceFigures, Filters and DynamicPropertyOverriders.

The root node of a graphical description is called GVFigureDescription and accepts the following properties :

Properties

The graphical description accepts the following properties :

CategoryNameDescriptionDefault literal
Appearance alignSameEClassesIf true, organizes the objects by type by applying a vertical or horizontal alignment (according to the chosen orientation) 
orientationGraph orientation (top down or left to right)LeftToRight
Model ePackagesEPackages list authorized in this figure description