// iteration happens over list of desired semantic elements, trying to find best matching View, while original CEP
// iterates views, potentially losing view (size/bounds) information - i.e. if there are few views to reference same EObject, only last one
// to answer isOrphaned == true will be used for the domain element representation, see #cleanCanonicalSemanticChildren()
for (Iterator<DispelNodeDescriptor> descriptorsIterator = childDescriptors
.iterator(); descriptorsIterator.hasNext();) {
DispelNodeDescriptor next = descriptorsIterator.next();
String hint = DispelVisualIDRegistry.getType(next.getVisualID());
LinkedList<View> perfectMatch = new LinkedList<View>(); // both semanticElement and hint match that of NodeDescriptor
for (View childView : getViewChildren()) {
EObject semanticElement = childView.getElement();
if (next.getModelElement().equals(semanticElement)) {
if (hint.equals(childView.getType())) {
perfectMatch.add(childView);
// actually, can stop iteration over view children here, but
// may want to use not the first view but last one as a 'real' match (the way original CEP does
// with its trick with viewToSemanticMap inside #cleanCanonicalSemanticChildren
}
}
}
if (perfectMatch.size() > 0) {
descriptorsIterator.remove(); // precise match found no need to create anything for the NodeDescriptor
// use only one view (first or last?), keep rest as orphaned for further consideration
knownViewChildren.remove(perfectMatch.getFirst());
}
}
// those left in knownViewChildren are subject to removal - they are our diagram elements we didn't find match to,
// or those we have potential matches to, and thus need to be recreated, preserving size/location information.
orphaned.addAll(knownViewChildren);
//
ArrayList<CreateViewRequest.ViewDescriptor> viewDescriptors = new ArrayList<CreateViewRequest.ViewDescriptor>(
childDescriptors.size());
for (DispelNodeDescriptor next : childDescriptors) {
String hint = DispelVisualIDRegistry.getType(next.getVisualID());
IAdaptable elementAdapter = new CanonicalElementAdapter(
next.getModelElement(), hint);
CreateViewRequest.ViewDescriptor descriptor = new CreateViewRequest.ViewDescriptor(
elementAdapter, Node.class, hint, ViewUtil.APPEND, false,
host().getDiagramPreferencesHint());
viewDescriptors.add(descriptor);
}