GMF中，如何给属性排序

     之前搜到一篇《GEF 给PropertySheetPage设置属性排序功能》的博客，如何将这种方法移植到GMF中呢？可以如下做：

     首先，新建一个类MyPropertySheetPage，继承至PropertySheetPage。

     

public class MyPropertySheetPage extends PropertySheetPage {
	
	@Override  
        public void createControl(Composite parent) {
               // 设置一个使用描述来排序的Sorter  
		PropertySheetSorter sorter = new PropertySheetSorter() {  
			public int compare(IPropertySheetEntry entryA, IPropertySheetEntry entryB) {  
				return getCollator().compare(entryA.getDescription(), entryB.getDescription());  
		    }
        };
        this.setSorter(sorter);  
        super.createControl(parent);  
    }

}

　　

     其次，新建一个类MyPropetySection，继承至AbstractModelerPropertySection。

public class MyPropertySection extends AbstractModelerPropertySection {
	/**
     * the property sheet page for this section
     */
    protected MyPropertySheetPage page;
  
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ISection#createControls(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite, org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.TabbedPropertySheetPage)
     */
    public void createControls(final Composite parent,
            TabbedPropertySheetPage aTabbedPropertySheetPage) {
        super.createControls(parent, aTabbedPropertySheetPage);
        Composite composite = getWidgetFactory()
                .createFlatFormComposite(parent);
        FormData data = null;

        String tableLabelStr = getTableLabel();
        CLabel tableLabel = null;
        if (tableLabelStr != null && tableLabelStr.length() > 0) {
            tableLabel = getWidgetFactory().createCLabel(composite,
                    tableLabelStr);
            data = new FormData();
            data.left = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
            data.top = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
            tableLabel.setLayoutData(data);
        }

        page = new MyPropertySheetPage();
        UndoableModelPropertySheetEntry root = new UndoableModelPropertySheetEntry(
            OperationHistoryFactory.getOperationHistory());
        
        root.setPropertySourceProvider(getPropertySourceProvider());
        page.setRootEntry(root);

        page.createControl(composite);
        data = new FormData();
        data.left = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
        data.right = new FormAttachment(100, 0);
        if (tableLabel == null) {
            data.top = new FormAttachment(0, 0);
        } else {
            data.top = new FormAttachment(tableLabel, 0, SWT.BOTTOM);
        }
        data.bottom = new FormAttachment(100, 0);
        data.height = 100;
        data.width = 100;
        page.getControl().setLayoutData(data);

        setActionBars(aTabbedPropertySheetPage.getSite().getActionBars());
        
    }

    /**
     * Sets and prepares the actionBars for this section
     *  
     * @param actionBars the action bars for this page
     * @see org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.common.ui.properties.TabbedPropertySheetPage#setActionBars(org.eclipse.ui.IActionBars)
     */   
    public void setActionBars(IActionBars actionBars) {
        if (actionBars != null) {
        	actionBars.getMenuManager().removeAll();
        	actionBars.getToolBarManager().removeAll();
        	actionBars.getStatusLineManager().removeAll();

        	page.makeContributions(actionBars.getMenuManager(), actionBars
        			.getToolBarManager(), actionBars.getStatusLineManager());
        
        	actionBars.getToolBarManager().update(true);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Returns the PropertySource provider. The default implementation returns
     * static adapter factory for the properties services. If the extending
     * class needs to use a different provider then this method has to be
     * overwriten.
     * 
     * @return The PropertySource provider
     */
    protected IPropertySourceProvider getPropertySourceProvider() {
        return propertiesProvider;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the label for the table. The default implementation returns null,
     * that is, there is no label.
     * 
     * @return The label for the table
     */
    protected String getTableLabel() {
        return null;
    }

   
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ISection#setInput(org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPart, org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection)
     */
    public void setInput(IWorkbenchPart part, ISelection selection) {
        IEditingDomainProvider provider = (IEditingDomainProvider) part
            .getAdapter(IEditingDomainProvider.class);
        if (provider != null) {
            EditingDomain theEditingDomain = provider.getEditingDomain();
            if (theEditingDomain instanceof TransactionalEditingDomain) {
                setEditingDomain((TransactionalEditingDomain) theEditingDomain);
            }
        }
        
        // Set the eObject for the section, too. The workbench part may not
		// adapt to IEditingDomainProvider, in which case the selected EObject
		// will be used to derive the editing domain.
		if (!selection.isEmpty() && selection instanceof IStructuredSelection) {
            Object firstElement = ((IStructuredSelection) selection)
                .getFirstElement();
            
            if (firstElement != null) {
            	EObject adapted = unwrap(firstElement);
            	
	            if (adapted != null) {
	                setEObject(adapted);
	            }
            }
        }
        
        page.selectionChanged(part, selection);
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ISection#dispose()
     */
    public void dispose() {
        super.dispose();

        if (page != null) {
            page.dispose();
            page = null;
        }

    }

 
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ISection#refresh()
     */
    public void refresh() {

        page.refresh();
    }

   
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.ISection#shouldUseExtraSpace()
     */
    public boolean shouldUseExtraSpace() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Update if nessesary, upon receiving the model event.
     * 
     * @see #aboutToBeShown()
     * @see #aboutToBeHidden()
     * @param notification -
     *            even notification
     * @param element -
     *            element that has changed
     */
    public void update(final Notification notification, EObject element) {
    	if (!isDisposed()) {
			postUpdateRequest(new Runnable() {

				public void run() {
					if (!isDisposed() && !isNotifierDeleted(notification))
						refresh();
				}
			});
		}
	}
   
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.emf.core.edit.IDemuxedMListener#getFilter()
     */
    public NotificationFilter getFilter() {
        return NotificationFilter.createEventTypeFilter(Notification.SET).or(
            NotificationFilter.createEventTypeFilter(Notification.UNSET)).or(
            NotificationFilter.createEventTypeFilter(Notification.ADD)).or(
            NotificationFilter.createEventTypeFilter(Notification.ADD_MANY))
            .or(NotificationFilter.createEventTypeFilter(Notification.REMOVE))
            .or(
                NotificationFilter
                    .createEventTypeFilter(Notification.REMOVE_MANY)).and(
                NotificationFilter.createNotifierTypeFilter(EObject.class));
    }

   
    /*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.diagram.ui.properties.sections.AbstractModelerPropertySection#addToEObjectList(java.lang.Object)
	 */
    protected boolean addToEObjectList(Object object) {
        /* not implemented */
    	return true;
    }  
}

　　然后，修改*.sheet包里的GMF自动生成的XXXPropertySection类，让其继承MyPropertySection：

     

public class XXXPropertySection extends MyPropertySection implements
		IPropertySourceProvider {

　　最后，在生成的工程*.edit里的*.provider包的某个XXXItemProvider类里，修改类方法addXXXPropertyDescriptor()，将getString("_UI_PropertyDescriptor_description", "_UI_Process_level_feature", "_UI_Process_type")(即String description参数)改为"01","02", "03"，比如：

protected void addStartTimePropertyDescriptor(Object object) {
		itemPropertyDescriptors.add
			(createItemPropertyDescriptor
				(((ComposeableAdapterFactory)adapterFactory).getRootAdapterFactory(),
				 getResourceLocator(),
				 getString("_UI_Process_startTime_feature"),
				 "01"/*getString("_UI_PropertyDescriptor_description", "_UI_Process_startTime_feature", "_UI_Process_type")*/,
				 DfdPackage.Literals.PROCESS__START_TIME,
				 true,
				 false,
				 false,
				 ItemPropertyDescriptor.INTEGRAL_VALUE_IMAGE,
				 null,
				 null));
	}

　　这样，每个属性就可以按照规定的顺序排序了。

     ps：

           上面XXXPropertySection类原本是继承AdvancedPropertySection类的，我新建的类：MyPropertySection其实和AdvancedPropertySection基本一样（从AdvancedPropertySection类copy过来的），只是修改了两行代码（黄色代码部分），然后让XXXPropertySection类继承MyPropertySection。一般的思路是让XXXPropertySection继承AdvancedPropertySection，然后重写方法createControls()，将方法里的page = new PropertySheetPage();这行替换为如下代码段：

propertySheetPage = new PropertySheetPage() {  
  
    @Override  
    public void createControl(Composite parent) {  
        // 设置一个使用描述来排序的Sorter  
        PropertySheetSorter sorter = new PropertySheetSorter() {  
            public int compare(IPropertySheetEntry entryA, IPropertySheetEntry entryB) {  
                return getCollator().compare(entryA.getDescription(), entryB.getDescription());  
            }  
        };  
        this.setSorter(sorter);  
  
        super.createControl(parent);  
    }  
};  

　　但这样会带来一个问题，createControls()的super.createControls(parent, aTabbedPropertySheetPage);这行代码，会调用AdvancedPropertySection类的createControls()，而AdvancedPropertySection类的createControls()又有一行page = new PropertySheetPage();这样会导致生成两个PropertySheetPage。但你要是去掉super.createControls(parent, aTabbedPropertySheetPage);又不行，原因是，不说了，自己跟踪下很容易明白。所以不得已，我只好那么做了。不知道有没其他别的更好的技巧？