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ParameterCatalogs3Usage.adoc

+== Accessing and Using Parameter Catalogs
+
+=== Accessing XML-Catalogs
+
+.Add Ecore data model to a third-party Java application
+
+*TBD*
+
+ import java.util.Collection;
+ import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI;
+ import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource;
+ import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.ResourceSet;
+ import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl;
+ import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil;
+ import de.hftstuttgart.energycomponents.EnCompPackage;
+ import de.hftstuttgart.energycomponents.HeatPump;
+
+ ResourceSet resSet = new ResourceSetImpl();
+	Resource resource = resSet.getResource(URI.createURI("catalog.xml"), true);
+	Collection<HeatPump> allHeatPumps = EcoreUtil.getObjectsByType(
+			resource.getContents(), EnCompPackage.eINSTANCE.getHeatPump());
+
+catalog.xml muss durch den richtigen Pfad zum XML-Katalog ersetzt werden.
+
+
+.Load XML Data Catalog and Access Corresponding Java Objects in Code
+
+*TBD*
+
+
+.Access from Python?
+
+*TBD*
+
+
+=== Create Insel Models with Handlebars Templates
+
+Handlebar templates to access data catalogs and create/parameterize textual simulation models.
+
+.Parameterization of blocks
+
+*TBD*
+ 
+.Creation of submodels, e.g. computing parameterized functions
+
+*TBD*

ParameterCatalogs4TychoBuild.adoc

+== Build (Parameter Catalog) Applications with Eclipse Tycho
+
+Three plugins so for for the content and UI.
+
+Missing: Deployable application and inclusion to third party libraries.
+
+Building an application "around" the three plugins for Ecore data model and UI specification model.
+
+See template.
+
+
+=== Create an Eclipse Application
+
+*TBD*
+
+
+=== Use Maven and Tycho as Build System
+
+.Install Maven Support
+
+We are going to create a complete Eclipse desktop application from generated code.
+We also want to deploy this application for Linux, macOS and Windows operating systems.
+Eclipse offers several approaches for compiling and deploying such an application, traditionally with _Ant_ scripts.
+
+Creation and maintenance of these scripts turned out to be tedious and error prone.
+For quite some years now, the proposed -- and mostly supported -- method for building Eclipse applications is to use _Maven_ build system, more specifically, a couple of Maven plug-ins, subsumed under the name _Tycho_.
+
+Many Eclipse platforms have Maven support https://www.eclipse.org/m2e/[_M2Eclipse_] already built in, not so our _Eclipse Modeling Tools_.
+But don't worry: Installation of required Eclipse feature is easy and straight forward.
+And, by the way, you will acquire the indispensable skill of how to install new plug-ins/features to Eclipse.
+
+First, tell your Eclipse installation where to look for the new software.
+Execute `Help -> Install new Software...` to invoke dialog _Available Software_ and press `Add...`.
+Sub-dialog `Add Repository` pops up.
+
+.Add update site m2e 
+image::InstallMaven1.gif[InstallMaven1, role="thumb"]
+
+In there provide `m2e` as name and
+
+ http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases
+
+as location.
+After confirmation with `Add`, Eclipse now looks up the site for available software. 
+
+.Choose features to install
+image::InstallMaven2.gif[InstallMaven2, role="thumb"]
+
+Check the items to install like shown above and confirm all following questions about licenses and security concerns.
+After download is complete -- it can take a few minutes -- restart Eclipse.
+Verify that Maven version 3.6.3 or above is now installed in `Window -> Preferences...` (or `Eclipse -> Preferences...` on macOS) under `Maven -> Installations`.
+
+.Check Maven installation
+image::InstallMaven3.gif[InstallMaven3, 400, role="thumb"]
+
+."Mavenize" projects
+
+*TBD*
+
+
+.Build and Deploy with Tycho
+
+*TBD*
+
+.Add third party Java libraries
+
+*TBD*
+
+"Correct" way to add third party Java libraries as plugins
+
+Example Indriya
+
+
+=== Deploy to P2 Repository
+
+*TBD*
+
+
+=== Versioning and Collaboration
+
+*TBD*

README.md

-# parameter-catalogs-howto
+# Parameter Catalogs for Simulation
 
-Exhaustive tutorial on how to create parameter catalogs - e.g. for energy devices, building physics, building usage - based on Ecore and other Eclipse technologies.
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+***Still Work in progress !!***
+
+Exhaustive tutorial on how to create parameter catalogs - e.g. for energy devices, building physics, building usage - based on Ecore and other Eclipse technologies.
+
+Includes background information, a gentle introduction to Ecore data modeling and step-by-step instructions on how to generate editor applications from data model.
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