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ORCAS GUI Profile. Fábio Moura Pereira fabio.mpereira@gmail.com Luiz Francisco Lacerda luiz.francisco.lacerda@gmail.com. Agenda. Introduction Motivation GUI profile structure GUILayout GUIReferences GUIBehavior Using Orcas GUI Profile. Introduction. ORCAS GUI Profile
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ORCAS GUI Profile Fábio Moura Pereira fabio.mpereira@gmail.com Luiz Francisco Lacerda luiz.francisco.lacerda@gmail.com
Agenda • Introduction • Motivation • GUI profile structure • GUILayout • GUIReferences • GUIBehavior • Using Orcas GUI Profile
Introduction • ORCAS GUI Profile • A modeling approach to GUI design • Suports MDA (or will; it’s our goal!) • Focuses on GUI layout and behavior modeling • It’s an ongoing work • Consists of • UML 2 profile • Diagrams for GUI structure, layout, navigation and behavior
Motivation • GUI is very important part of a software system • Can be critical for commercial sucess • SE processess care little about GUI design, handing it to GUI designers without process, modeling or integration • UML does not provide means to model GUI aspects of systems
GUILayout Package • Screen • Contains all elements of a GUI that are displayed by an output device in a moment of time • ScreenArea • An area within an Screen • ContainerScreenArea • A ScreenArea that can contain other ScreenAreas • FunctionalScreenArea • A ScreenArea that contain one or more funcionalities
GUILayout Package • Diagrams • Structural: class diagram showing the structure of the Screen elements • Layout: class diagram showing the disposition and size of the Screen elements
GUILayout Package • Example: Screen
GUILayout Package • Example: Structure diagram
GUILayout Package • Example: Layout diagram * No layout diagram in Borland Together
GUILayout Package • Inheritance between ScreenAreas
GUILayout Package • Inheritance between ScreenAreas
GUILayout Package • ContainerArea layouts
GUILayout Package • ContainerArea layouts • Grid layout • Flow layout • Box layout • Border layout • Details: http://www.webkinesia.com/online/oop/notes/java2.php
GUILayout Package • Example: FlowLayout
GUILayout Package • ActivableUIElements • Button • An area of the Screen that triggers something when activated • Link • An area of the Screen that takes to another Screen or ScreenArea when activated • Menu item • An option from a menu that triggers something when activated • Workspace • A GUI element that is used to interactively edit arbitrary data
GUILayout Package • NonActivableUIElements • Text • A continuous text of arbitrary size • Image • A screen area that displays a static or moving non-interactive image • Form • Stores temporarily input data from user through text boxex, data selectors etc. • Menu • A set of menu items
GUILayout Package • Example: Screen
GUILayout Package • Example: Structure
GUIReferences Package • LinkReference • A link between an activable UI element and a Screen or ScreenArea • Navigation diagram • A layout diagram that shows the navigation paths between the system screens and screen areas • Elements should be specified previously in the structure diagram • Only the elements involved in the navigation should be presented
GUIReferences Package • Example - EnlargePhotoLink
GUIReferences Package • Examples – Links and storyboards
GUIBehavior Package • Kinds of behavior • Activity • The specification of behavior as the coordinated sequencing of subordinate units whose individual elements are actions • Interaction • A unit of behavior that focuses on the observable exchange of information between conectable elements • StateMachine • Expresses behavior as a graph of state nodes connected by transition arcs, which are triggered by event occurrencesStateMachine • OpaqueBehavior • A behavior with implementation-specific semantics
GUIBehavior Package • Kinds of behavior
GUIBehavior Package • Example: mouse clicked on ButtonProxima
Using Orcas GUI profile • Profile for RSM • Download file: ~lfblj/orcas_gui_profile/files/rsm/OrcasGUIProfile_v0.4.epx • In RSM • Right-click model > Properties • Select ‘AppliedProfile’ option • Click ‘Insert New Profile’ button ( ) • Select downloaded file • Using the profile • Create an UML element • Select ‘Stereotypes’ tab in ‘Properties’ panel • Click ‘Add Stereotypes’ button and add the desired stereotype for the element
Using Orcas GUI profile • Profile for Together • Download file: ~lfblj/orcas_gui_profile/files/together/OrcasGUIProfile_v0.4.zip • Unzip it in the following Together folder: Borland\Together\Architect2006\eclipse\plugins\ • Run Together • Right-click project > Properties • Select ‘UML Profiles’ option • Select ‘OrcasGUIProfile_v0.4’ • Using the profile • Create an UML element • Select ‘Stereotypes’ tab in ‘Properties’ panel • Click ‘...’ and add the desired stereotype to the element
Orcas GUI profile • Transparências: ~lfblj/orcas_gui_profile/ppt/OrcasGUIProfile_v0.4_1.0.ppt Fim