Module_project_development_structure
A Module is a set of Java, XML and resource files preferably organized in an Eclipse project, before being packaged in a compressed archive (.jmdac). This file can be deployed in user projects and executed in Modelio.
A Maven Archetype for module developement project is available in the modelio public repository.
https://repository.modelio.org
<groupId>org.modelio</groupId>
<artifactId>modelio-module-archetype</artifactId>
<version>4.0.0.00</version>
The structure is presented in Illustration 1: Maven Module structure. It is basically an Eclipse Maven project with a conf directory containing all the elements that are specific to the Modelio module and should be packaged with it. The driving files are :
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pom.xml: is a Maven build file used to compile and package the module into a jmdac file;
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src/main/conf/module.xml: contains all the declarations of Modelio module objects such as the module, profiles, stereotypes, tag and note types, commands and module parameters. Must be valid according to the module_conf.xsd XSD shema.
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src/main/conf/module.properties* which contains the mandatory resources required by the module. It contains mainly the pretty names and the descriptions of the module and module elements (commands, annotations, etc). As a standard Java property file, one file per language is supported.
Beside these files, some directories require comments : * src/main/conf/res: contains the resources of the module elements (icons, etc)
Illustration 1: Maven Module structure