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Scripting Enterprise Architect

A guided tour to Enterprise Architect's scripting capabilities

Thomas Kilian

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About the Book

This book gives you a kick-start into scripting Sparx' Enterprise Architect. The API is explained from the bottom leaving out any burden. Having worked through the book should make you a real EA hacker!

At a glance you will find the follwing topics covered in this book:

  • Step by step introduction into the API starting from the repository going into elements bits an pieces
  • Examining a repostitory
  • Creating simple and complex structures
  • Reference for most API objects with methods and attributes
  • Explanation of quite some internal must-knows
  • Cross reference from/to the GUI

If you are new to EA this book will guide you step by step into the details of the API. If you are an advanced user the reference sections will be an excellent helper not to be found elsewhere in Sparx' documentation.

As most books published here on Leanpub, Scripting Enterprise Architect is written in a way which is currently being called agile. That means the book will permanently be updated. One might call this book complete, but I'm continuously working on it to keep it up to date and improve it.

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Thomas Kilian

Working since mid 1970's in the IT industry. Having gone through development and management in almost all industries (international but based in Germany). Currently focused on UML based projects (Embedded Systems/SysML, SOA, BPMN). Using (and dissecting) EA since 2003 (version 3.5) until today. Honestly I stopped at version 13.5 since it got only worse and washing my hands did not feel being enough. I might hop on the train again if the situation will get better.

Contents

Table of Contents

1.Preface

2.Copyright and Disclaimer

3.Introduction

  1. 3.1Notation

4.EA’s Object Model

  1. 4.1Accessing EA from the Outside
  2. 4.2Repository
  3. 4.3Package – and View – and Model
  4. 4.4Element
  5. 4.5Connector
  6. 4.6Diagram
  7. 4.7TaggedValue

5.Creating New Things

  1. 5.1Adding a Root
  2. 5.2Adding a View
  3. 5.3Adding a Package
  4. 5.4Adding an Element
  5. 5.5Adding a Connector
  6. 5.6Adding a Diagram
  7. 5.7Adding Diagram Objects
  8. 5.8And the Opposite

6.Advanced Creations

  1. 6.1Stereotypes
  2. 6.2Semi-manual Element Creation/Selection
  3. 6.3Adding a Scenario
  4. 6.4Create Connector for Attributes
  5. 6.5Nasty Things
  6. 6.6Connector to Connector
  7. 6.7More Undocumented Stuff
  8. 6.8Creating Things from a MDG

7.Object Details

  1. 7.1EaRepository
  2. 7.2EaPackage
  3. 7.3EaElement
  4. 7.4EaAttribute
  5. 7.5EaMethod
  6. 7.6EaParameter
  7. 7.7EaConnector
  8. 7.8EaConnectorEnd
  9. 7.9EaDiagram
  10. 7.10EaDiagramObject
  11. 7.11EaDiagramLink
  12. 7.12EaTaggedValue
  13. 7.13EaRequirement
  14. 7.14EaConstraint
  15. 7.15EaScenario
  16. 7.16EaScenarioStep
  17. 7.17EaScenarioExtension
  18. 7.18EaCollection
  19. 7.19EaKeyValue
  20. 7.20Missing Objects

8.Bits and Pieces

  1. 8.1Ordering of Collections
  2. 8.2GUID
  3. 8.3Diagram Types
  4. 8.4Object Type Enumeration
  5. 8.5Element Types
  6. 8.6Element Subtypes
  7. 8.7RGB Values
  8. 8.8Coordinates
  9. 8.9Semi-colon Separated List
  10. 8.10Connector StateFlags Property
  11. 8.11Width of Connectors
  12. 8.12Diagram Object Style
  13. 8.13Connector Style
  14. 8.14Run State
  15. 8.15Geometry
  16. 8.16Enumeration Relation Set
  17. 8.17XML Result String

9.GUI Reference

  1. 9.1Element
  2. 9.2Attributes
  3. 9.3Operations
  4. 9.4Connector
  5. 9.5Diagram
  6. 9.6Miscellaneous

10.Further Reading

  1. 10.1Feedback
  2. 10.2Inside Enterprise Architect
  3. 10.3Sparx Forum
  4. 10.4Sparx Community
  5. 10.5Geert Bellekens

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