Eclipse Modeling Framework

Eclipse Modeling Framework

Developer(s)	Eclipse Foundation
Stable release	2.7.1 / September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	Java platform
License	Eclipse Public License
Website	http://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, 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)
• Acceleo (A code generator using EMF models in input)

External links

• EMF project page
• Interview with EMF lead Ed Merks
• EMF Tutorial for Beginners, Part 1 and Part 2