Eclipse Modeling Framework

Developed by	Eclipse Foundation
Written in	Java
OS	Cross-platform
Platform	Java platform
License	Eclipse Public License Eclipse Distribution License
Website	http://www.eclipse.org/emf/

Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) is an Eclipse-based modeling framework and code generation facility for building tools and other applications based on a structured data model. From a model specification described in XMI, EMF provides tools and runtime support to produce a set of Java classes for the model, a set of adapter classes that enable viewing and command-based editing of the model, and a basic editor. Models can be specified using annotated Java, UML, XML documents, or modeling tools like Rational Rose, then imported into EMF. Most important of all, EMF provides the foundation for interoperability with other EMF-based tools and applications.

See also

• Connected Data Objects (CDO), a free implementation of a Distributed Shared Model on top of EMF
• Model-driven architecture
• Generic Eclipse Modeling System (GEMS)
• Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF)
• List of EMF based software
• ATL (A Model Transformation Language)
• Service-Oriented Modeling Framework (SOMF)

External links

• EMF project page

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