Working with Generic tables

This API is used for creating a generic table, adding, editing, and removing table columns and rows, as well as getting cell values.

Creating generic table

To create a generic table, use the GenericTableManager.createGenericTable(Project, java.lang.String) method.

Diagram createdDiagram = GenericTableManager.createGenericTable(project, "Generic table name");

Setting generic table filter

To set a generic table element types, use the GenericTableManager.setTableElementTypes(Diagram, java.util.List<java.lang.Object>) method. The type of the element types list could be the Class or the Stereotype. See an example of the table element types:

//The table element types list
Set<Class> set = new HashSet<Class>();
List<Object> tableElementTypes = new ArrayList<Object>();
 
//Get all row elements
rowElements = GenericTableManager.getRowElements(createdDiagram);
for (int i = 0; i < rowElements.size(); i++)
{
	set.add(rowElements.get(i).getClassType());
}
tableElementTypes.addAll(set);

Getting generic table element types

To get the generic table element types, use the GenericTableManager.getTableElementTypes(Diagram) method:

List<Object> setElementTypes = GenericTableManager.getTableElementTypes(createdDiagram);

Adding/getting columns

To add columns to the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.addColumnsById(Diagram, java.util.List<java.lang.String>) method.

To get all possible columns from the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.getPossibleColumnIDs(Element) method. To get set columns for the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.getColumnIds(Diagram) method.

List<String> columnIDs = GenericTableManager.getPossibleColumnIDs(elementType);

getColumnIds(Diagram) returns columns from the generic table:

List<String> columnIDs = GenericTableManager.getColumnIds(createdDiagram); 
GenericTableManager.addColumnsById(createdDiagram, columnIDs);

How to get columnIDs, please look at the com.nomagic.magicdraw.examples.generictablemanager.GenericTableManagerExamplePlugin.GenericTableManagerAction class in the GenericTableManagerExamplePlugin.java file. The file can be found in <program_installation_directory>\openapi\examples\generictablemanager.

Getting cell value

To get a value of the generic table call, use the GenericTableManager.getCellValue(Diagram, Element, java.lang.String) method:

Property mdProperty = GenericTableManager.getCellValue(createdDiagram, element, columnId);

Getting column names

To get column names from the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.getColumnNames(Diagram) method.

To get a single column name from the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.getColumnNameById(Diagram, java.lang.String) method.

List<String> columnNames = GenericTableManager.getColumnNames(createdDiagram);
String columnName = GenericTableManager.getColumnNameById(createdDiagram, columnID);

Getting row elements

To get row elements from the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.getRowElements(Diagram) method:

List<Element> rows = GenericTableManager.getRowElements(createdDiagram);

Getting visible row elements

To get visible row elements from the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.getVisibleRowElements(Diagram) method:

List<Element> rows = GenericTableManager.getVisibleRowElements(createdDiagram);

Adding row element

To add a new row for the model element to the generic table, use the GenericTableManager.addRowElement(Diagram, Element) method:

GenericTableManager.addRowElement(createdDiagram, element);

The element you want to add must be of the same type as one of generic table filter types.