JFX diagram editors: Delegation factories for extensibility

* Only use delegate factories in the FX editor base. By that all editors
  are extensible.
* Move the definition of the factories of one editor from the editor to
  its bindings.
* Create the concrete factories by reflection when a FX editor is
  constructed.

Issue-Ref: 3883
Issue-Url: https://af3-developer.fortiss.org/issues/3883Signed-off-by: Alexander Diewald <diewald@fortiss.org>

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Export-Package: org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui,
  org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.annotations,
  org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx,
  org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.controller,
- org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.factory,
+ org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.model,
  org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.visual,
  org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart,
  org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editpart.allocation,

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/delegating/.ratings

-DelegatingControllerFactoryBase.java dea6b5dc56a157f0125bfe5c176e993d376b66b2 YELLOW
-DelegatingFactoryBase.java 37955dec868a0cb0e12986997c0078e0348e9e16 YELLOW
-DelegatingModelFactoryBase.java 413dcfad6542ffbc9a9504d08c17f6741ec3b01c YELLOW
-DelegatingVisualFactoryBase.java 4ec6971399df993b4cbd6d6ced6e801d914e1ae4 YELLOW

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/delegating/DelegatingFactoryBase.java

-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| Copyright 2019 fortiss GmbH                                              |
-|                                                                          |
-| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
-| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
-| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
-|                                                                          |
-|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
-|                                                                          |
-| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
-| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
-| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
-| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
-| limitations under the License.                                           |
-+--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.delegating;
-
-import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension.exception.TransformationFailedException;
-import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.ITransformationService;
-
-/**
- * Base class for delegating request to the transformation service.
- * 
- * @author hoelzl
- */
-abstract class DelegatingFactoryBase {
-	/** The transformation service. */
-	protected final static ITransformationService SERVICE = ITransformationService.getInstance();
-
-	/** Tries to transform the given object into the given target class. */
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	protected <T> T getDelegationResult(Object model, Class<T> targetType) {
-		Exception ex = null;
-		try {
-			if(SERVICE.canTransform(model, targetType, null)) {
-				return (T)SERVICE.transform(model, targetType, null);
-			}
-		} catch(TransformationFailedException tfex) {
-			ex = tfex;
-		}
-		throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing transformation from '" +
-				model.getClass().getName() + "' to '" + targetType.getName(), ex);
-	}
-}

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/factory/.ratings

-HierarchicElementModelFactoryBase.java 21c18441961971ca89802e4047b27a31db8499a9 YELLOW
+DelegatingControllerFactoryBase.java dea6b5dc56a157f0125bfe5c176e993d376b66b2 YELLOW
+DelegatingFactoryBase.java 37955dec868a0cb0e12986997c0078e0348e9e16 YELLOW
+DelegatingModelFactoryBase.java 413dcfad6542ffbc9a9504d08c17f6741ec3b01c YELLOW
+DelegatingVisualFactoryBase.java 4ec6971399df993b4cbd6d6ced6e801d914e1ae4 YELLOW

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/model/.ratings

+HierarchicElementModelFactoryBase.java 9996bfc1402c27424f0ae69e64560acce0ef81f4 YELLOW

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/factory/HierarchicElementModelFactoryBase.java → org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/model/HierarchicElementModelFactoryBase.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 | See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
 | limitations under the License.                                           |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.factory;
+package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.model;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ Bundle-Name: Tooling Kernel UI
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Version: 2.16.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.ToolingKernelUIActivator
-Require-Bundle: org.fortiss.tooling.common.ui;bundle-version="2.16.0";visibility:=reexport,
- org.fortiss.tooling.kernel;bundle-version="2.16.0";visibility:=reexport,
+Require-Bundle: org.fortiss.tooling.common.ui;visibility:=reexport,
+ org.fortiss.tooling.kernel;visibility:=reexport,
  org.eclipse.core.resources;visibility:=reexport,
  org.eclipse.emf.databinding;visibility:=reexport,
- org.eclipse.core.databinding.property;visibility:=reexport
+ org.eclipse.core.databinding.property;visibility:=reexport,
+ com.google.guava;visibility:=reexport
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-11
 Bundle-Vendor: fortiss GmbH

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/.ratings

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ IContextMenuContributor.java 0f09c76662c154cf52ddab61b417e82a42854162 GREEN
 IContextMenuMultiSelectionContributor.java 125b31dd38009bc2095b7e6bc860e946e39f58c4 GREEN
 IEditPartFactory.java 5729715847f553d95a5bad4a9211c7e6f458badd GREEN
 IModelEditor.java 962d7f7758abc88bbc6064c8b4eb32da00abf8e8 GREEN
-IModelEditorBinding.java a3d5c344f61fa6f12ab944a4e933a557d6e7011b GREEN
+IModelEditorBinding.java 809c43872305441495f0ece63ea1004cb37f22b4 YELLOW
 IModelElementHandler.java 21b4a96251e0267f156b4b8f2b95a97f6e81e646 GREEN
 ITutorialStepUI.java b8aee2b95857484ab6ad9ecd55b5de9f0ea158e5 GREEN
 ITutorialUIProvider.java aa0ff5db4d7ba0953e34edeb99f3e8279567e18f GREEN

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/IModelEditorBinding.java

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension;
 
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.controller.IControllerFactory;
+import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.model.IModelFactory;
+import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.visual.IVisualFactory;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorPart;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.base.IEObjectAware;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IModelEditorBindingService;
@@ -24,8 +27,10 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IModelEditorBindingService;
  * Interface for editor bindings. An editor binding a defines a model element
  * editor. Usually, an editor (in the Eclipse interpretation) is a view (in the
  * model-based development interpretation) on the underlying model.
- * 
- * <P>
+ * <p>
+ * This interface also specifies bindings to those MVC factories that are responsible for the
+ * interaction of the editor with the model, its presentation, and behavior.
+ * <p>
  * Each editor provided by some binding becomes part of an Eclipse multi-page editor. Its page
  * carries the name delivered by {@link #getLabel}. The {@link IModelEditorBindingService} sorts the
  * provided editors according to their priority returned by {@link #getPriority} with higher values
@@ -40,6 +45,15 @@ public interface IModelEditorBinding<T extends EObject> extends IEObjectAware<EO
 	/** Returns the class of the editor registered by this binding. */
 	Class<? extends IEditorPart> getEditorClass(T object);
 
+	/** Returns the {@link IModelFactory} to instantiate for the {@link IEditorPart}. */
+	Class<? extends IModelFactory> getModelFactory();
+
+	/** Returns the {@link IVisualFactory} to instantiate for the {@link IEditorPart}. */
+	Class<? extends IVisualFactory> getVisualFactory();
+
+	/** Returns the {@link IControllerFactory} to instantiate for the {@link IEditorPart}. */
+	Class<? extends IControllerFactory> getControllerFactory();
+
 	/** Returns the label of the editor. */
 	String getLabel(T object);
 

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/base/.ratings

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ EReferencePropertySectionBase.java 0548da6778516003257f59d0b4c2b60d458be3b6 GREE
 EditorBase.java 9c09fff92945256bb8680992ae7bb2c78f47b150 GREEN
 FXEditorBase.java 2e520be0bbae7d0aebdff70218a124dbe0896ce2 GREEN
 IListPropertySection.java 8bb00fe7959583e794ff9437b7a77404c9a9e70f GREEN
-LWFXEFEditorBase.java 0b8e6af85d83d0542dcd908974e52c618bc22a08 GREEN
-ModelEditorBindingBase.java 4c5ac569c0b6e7678fc8191096b26dfd09fdcb98 GREEN
+LWFXEFEditorBase.java 121fd466f47bbfe0236834db1ad30efae6db219a YELLOW
+ModelEditorBindingBase.java c258cb0ea28d74440856cd2abf367408fbbc1279 YELLOW
 ModelElementHandlerBase.java 384727748f125c9d43f19d9c0eba4ba1be5a7a26 GREEN
 MultiEObjectActionBase.java 9e237d8ea640c4194e4877af4a9cfce88698e543 GREEN
 NamedCommentedModelElementHandlerBase.java 681b98b50b362f01abb7a36f108f4f11b9e51829 GREEN

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/base/LWFXEFEditorBase.java

@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base;
 
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection;
@@ -32,14 +35,21 @@ import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.controller.IContro
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.model.IModelFactory;
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.mvc.IMVCBundle;
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.visual.IVisualFactory;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorPart;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.ICommandStackService;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.IModelEditorBinding;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.factory.DelegatingControllerFactory;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.factory.DelegatingModelFactory;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.factory.DelegatingVisualFactory;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IModelEditorBindingService;
 
 import javafx.scene.Parent;
 
 /**
- * Base implementation of model element editors which are using LWFXEF DiaViewer.
+ * Base class for JavaFX-based {@link IEditorPart}s that display diagrams of {@link EObject}s.
  * 
- * @author hoelzlf
+ * @author hoelzl
+ * @author diewald
  */
 public abstract class LWFXEFEditorBase<T extends EObject> extends FXEditorBase<T>
 		implements ISelectionProvider {
@@ -48,30 +58,54 @@ public abstract class LWFXEFEditorBase<T extends EObject> extends FXEditorBase<T
 	/** The list of {@link ISelectionChangedListener}s. */
 	private final List<ISelectionChangedListener> selectionListeners = new ArrayList<>();
 
+	/** References the delegating {@link IModelFactory} of this JavaFX {@link IEditorPart}. */
+	private IModelFactory delegatingModelFactory;
+
+	/** References the delegating {@link IModelFactory} of this JavaFX {@link IEditorPart}. */
+	private IVisualFactory delegatingVisualFactory;
+
+	/** References the delegating {@link IModelFactory} of this JavaFX {@link IEditorPart}. */
+	private IControllerFactory delegatingControllerFactory;
+
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	protected final Parent createSceneRoot() {
-		viewer = new DiagramViewer(createModelFactory(), createVisualFactory(),
-				createControllerFactory(), cb -> modelSelected(), chg -> applyModelChange(chg));
+		constructMVCFactories();
+
+		viewer = new DiagramViewer(delegatingModelFactory, delegatingVisualFactory,
+				delegatingControllerFactory, cb -> modelSelected(), chg -> applyModelChange(chg));
 		customizeViewer();
 		getSite().setSelectionProvider(this);
 		return viewer.getVisualNode();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Constructs delegating factories that wrap all factories registered by
+	 * {@link IModelEditorBinding}s for the edited type. Delegating factories are used for extending
+	 * editors of the same type.
+	 */
+	protected void constructMVCFactories() {
+		List<IModelEditorBinding<EObject>> bindings =
+				IModelEditorBindingService.getInstance().getBindings(editedObject);
+		bindings.removeIf(b -> !LWFXEFEditorBase.class.isAssignableFrom(b.getEditorClass(null)));
+
+		List<Class<? extends IModelFactory>> modelFactories = bindings.stream()
+				.map(b -> b.getModelFactory()).filter(Objects::nonNull).collect(toList());
+		List<Class<? extends IVisualFactory>> visualFactories = bindings.stream()
+				.map(b -> b.getVisualFactory()).filter(Objects::nonNull).collect(toList());
+		List<Class<? extends IControllerFactory>> controllerFactories = bindings.stream()
+				.map(b -> b.getControllerFactory()).filter(Objects::nonNull).collect(toList());
+
+		delegatingModelFactory = new DelegatingModelFactory(modelFactories, editedObject);
+		delegatingVisualFactory = new DelegatingVisualFactory(visualFactories);
+		delegatingControllerFactory = new DelegatingControllerFactory(controllerFactories);
+	}
+
 	/** Customize the viewer after it is created. The default implementation changes nothing. */
 	protected void customizeViewer() {
 		// the default does nothing
 	}
 
-	/** Create the {@link IModelFactory}. */
-	protected abstract IModelFactory createModelFactory();
-
-	/** Create the {@link IVisualFactory}. */
-	protected abstract IVisualFactory createVisualFactory();
-
-	/** Create the {@link IControllerFactory}. */
-	protected abstract IControllerFactory createControllerFactory();
-
 	/** Called when a model element is selected in the diagram viewer. */
 	protected void modelSelected() {
 		getSite().getSelectionProvider().setSelection(createSelection());

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/base/ModelEditorBindingBase.java

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base;
 
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.controller.IControllerFactory;
+import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.model.IModelFactory;
+import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.visual.IVisualFactory;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.base.IEObjectAware;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.IModelEditorBinding;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IModelEditorBindingService;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IModelEditorBindingService;
  * @see IModelEditorBindingService
  * 
  * @author hoelzl
+ * @author diewald
  */
 public abstract class ModelEditorBindingBase<T extends EObject>
 		implements IEObjectAware<EObject>, IModelEditorBinding<T> {
@@ -48,6 +52,30 @@ public abstract class ModelEditorBindingBase<T extends EObject>
 		return getEditorClass(null);
 	}
 
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public Class<? extends IModelFactory> getModelFactory() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This method shall only be called from FX" +
+				" editors. Ensure to define the model factory in the editor binding. Remove" +
+				" this method when the ediors are migrated to JavaFX.");
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public Class<? extends IVisualFactory> getVisualFactory() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This method shall only be called from FX" +
+				" editors. Ensure to define the visual factory in the editor binding. Remove" +
+				" this method when the ediors are migrated to JavaFX.");
+	}
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public Class<? extends IControllerFactory> getControllerFactory() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This method shall only be called from FX" +
+				" editors. Ensure to define the controller factory in the editor binding. Remove" +
+				" this method when the ediors are migrated to JavaFX.");
+	}
+
 	/** Returns the label of editor */
 	@Override
 	public String getLabel(T object) {

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/base/factory/.ratings

+DelegatingControllerFactory.java ad214d83b5821b39862b7c382c91a13c3dfddbd0 YELLOW
+DelegatingFactoryBase.java f421742267610f41bb6196346026d2f239d90ed0 YELLOW
+DelegatingModelFactory.java ea7c3e1c612101bb3ba71d7dc97893783c0319a3 YELLOW
+DelegatingVisualFactory.java 7e834acd12ae4d1c2b2b32a5456dc9f2b6d4e466 YELLOW

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/delegating/DelegatingControllerFactoryBase.java → org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/base/factory/DelegatingControllerFactory.java

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 | See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
 | limitations under the License.                                           |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.delegating;
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.factory;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.controller.IController;
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.controller.IControllerFactory;
@@ -23,53 +26,86 @@ import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.mvc.IDiagramAnchor
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.mvc.IDiagramMVCBundle;
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.mvc.ILinkMVCBundle;
 import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.mvc.IMVCBundle;
-import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.ITransformationService;
 
 /**
- * Base class for {@link IControllerFactory controller factories} of extendable graphical LWFXEF
- * editors.
- * <P>
- * This class uses the {@link ITransformationService} to find a delegate controller factory for the
- * model elements in question.
+ * Delegates the creational calls to concrete {@link IControllerFactory}s. The first non-null
+ * element returned by the factories of the initially given list is returned. If no element is
+ * created (all delegates returned null), this factory throws a {@link RuntimeException}.
  * 
  * @author hoelzl
+ * @author diewald
  */
-public abstract class DelegatingControllerFactoryBase extends DelegatingFactoryBase
+public class DelegatingControllerFactory extends DelegatingFactoryBase<IControllerFactory>
 		implements IControllerFactory {
-	/** Uses the {@link ITransformationService} to find a delegate {@link IControllerFactory}. */
-	private IControllerFactory getDelegateControllerFactory(IMVCBundle modelBundle) {
-		return getDelegationResult(modelBundle.getModel(), IControllerFactory.class);
+
+	/** Constructor. */
+	public DelegatingControllerFactory(List<Class<? extends IControllerFactory>> factories) {
+		super(factories, null);
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public IController createContentController(IContentMVCBundle modelBundle) {
-		return getDelegateControllerFactory(modelBundle).createContentController(modelBundle);
+		Optional<IController> controller =
+				getDelegateFactories().stream().map(f -> f.createContentController(modelBundle))
+						.filter(cc -> cc != null).findFirst();
+		if(controller.isPresent()) {
+			return controller.get();
+		}
+		throw createNoControllerException(modelBundle);
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public IController createDiagramAnchorageController(IDiagramAnchorageMVCBundle modelBundle) {
-		return getDelegateControllerFactory(modelBundle)
-				.createDiagramAnchorageController(modelBundle);
+		Optional<IController> controller = getDelegateFactories().stream()
+				.map(f -> f.createDiagramAnchorageController(modelBundle)).filter(cc -> cc != null)
+				.findFirst();
+		if(controller.isPresent()) {
+			return controller.get();
+		}
+		throw createNoControllerException(modelBundle);
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public IController createContentAnchorageController(IContentAnchorageMVCBundle modelBundle) {
-		return getDelegateControllerFactory(modelBundle)
-				.createContentAnchorageController(modelBundle);
+		Optional<IController> controller = getDelegateFactories().stream()
+				.map(f -> f.createContentAnchorageController(modelBundle)).filter(cc -> cc != null)
+				.findFirst();
+		if(controller.isPresent()) {
+			return controller.get();
+		}
+		throw createNoControllerException(modelBundle);
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public IController createLinkController(ILinkMVCBundle modelBundle) {
-		return getDelegateControllerFactory(modelBundle).createLinkController(modelBundle);
+		Optional<IController> controller = getDelegateFactories().stream()
+				.map(f -> f.createLinkController(modelBundle)).filter(cc -> cc != null).findFirst();
+		if(controller.isPresent()) {
+			return controller.get();
+		}
+		throw createNoControllerException(modelBundle);
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public IController createDiagramController(IDiagramMVCBundle diagramBundle) {
-		return getDelegateControllerFactory(diagramBundle).createDiagramController(diagramBundle);
+		Optional<IController> controller = getDelegateFactories().stream().map(f -> {
+			return f.createDiagramController(diagramBundle);
+		}).filter(cc -> cc != null).findFirst();
+		if(controller.isPresent()) {
+			return controller.get();
+		}
+		throw createNoControllerException(diagramBundle);
+	}
+
+	/** Throws a runtime exception indicating a missing controller. */
+	private RuntimeException createNoControllerException(IMVCBundle modelBundle) {
+		return new RuntimeException("No controller has been specified for model elements of the" +
+				" type " + modelBundle.getModel().getClass().getSimpleName() + ". Please check" +
+				" the editor bindings and the delegate controllers.");
 	}
 }

org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/editor/fx/delegating/DelegatingModelFactoryBase.java → org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/base/factory/DelegatingFactoryBase.java

@@ -13,50 +13,67 @@
 | See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
 | limitations under the License.                                           |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.editor.fx.delegating;
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.factory;
 
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.ConstructorUtils.getMatchingAccessibleConstructor;
+import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.LoggingUtils.error;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.ToolingKernelUIActivator;
 
-import org.eclipse.systemfocus.kernel.common.ui.javafx.lwfxef.model.IModelFactory;
-import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.service.ITransformationService;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 
 /**
- * Base class for {@link IModelFactory model factories} of extendable graphical LWFXEF
- * editors.
- * <P>
- * This class uses the {@link ITransformationService} to find a delegate model factory for the
- * model elements in question.
+ * Base class for delegating MVC factories that wrap 1..n factories for editors of a defined type.
  * 
- * @author hoelzl
+ * @author diewald
  */
-public abstract class DelegatingModelFactoryBase extends DelegatingFactoryBase
-		implements IModelFactory {
-	/** Uses the {@link ITransformationService} to find a delegate {@link IModelFactory}. */
-	private IModelFactory getDelegateModelFactory(Object model) {
-		return getDelegationResult(model, IModelFactory.class);
-	}
+/* package */ abstract class DelegatingFactoryBase<T> {
 
-	/** {@inheritDoc} */
-	@Override
-	public List<?> getContentAnchorageModels(Object parent) {
-		return getDelegateModelFactory(parent).getContentAnchorageModels(parent);
-	}
+	/** References the edited Object in case it is needed by some factory. May be {@code null}. */
+	protected final Object editedObject;
+
+	/** References the */
+	private List<T> delegateFactories = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	/** Constructor. */
+	protected DelegatingFactoryBase(List<Class<? extends T>> factories, Object editedObject) {
+		this.editedObject = editedObject;
 
-	/** {@inheritDoc} */
-	@Override
-	public Object getLinkStart(Object link) {
-		return getDelegateModelFactory(link).getLinkStart(link);
+		delegateFactories = factories.stream().map(fCls -> constructFactory(fCls))
+				.flatMap(Optional::stream).collect(toList());
 	}
 
-	/** {@inheritDoc} */
-	@Override
-	public Object getLinkEnd(Object link) {
-		return getDelegateModelFactory(link).getLinkEnd(link);
+	/** Creates an instance of the given {@code delegateFactory}. */
+	protected Optional<? extends T> constructFactory(Class<? extends T> delegateFactory) {
+		Constructor<? extends T> ctor = null;
+		try {
+			ctor = getMatchingAccessibleConstructor(delegateFactory);
+			try {
+				return Optional.of(ctor.newInstance());
+			} catch(InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException |
+					InvocationTargetException e) {
+				error(ToolingKernelUIActivator.getDefault(), "Failed to instantiate the factory " +
+						delegateFactory.getSimpleName() + ".");
+				return Optional.empty();
+			}
+		} catch(NullPointerException | SecurityException e1) {
+			error(ToolingKernelUIActivator.getDefault(), "The factory " +
+					delegateFactory.getSimpleName() +
+					" is missing a no-arg Constructor. Only such constructors are allowed for" +
+					" these factories.");
+			return Optional.empty();
+		}
 	}
 
-	/** {@inheritDoc} */
-	@Override
-	public Object getParent(Object element) {
-		return getDelegateModelFactory(element).getParent(element);
+	/** Returns the list of delegate factory instances whose types are given during construction. */
+	protected ImmutableList<T> getDelegateFactories() {
+		return ImmutableList.copyOf(delegateFactories);
 	}
 }

org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/base/factory/DelegatingModelFactory.java

+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Copyright 2019 fortiss GmbH                                              |
+|                                                                          |
+| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
+| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
+| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
+|                                                                          |
+|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
+|                                                                          |
+| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
+| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
+| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
+| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
+| limitations under the License.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.extension.base.factory;
+
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.ConstructorUtils.getMatchingAccessibleConstructor;
+import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.EcoreUtils.getInterfaceType;
+import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.LoggingUtils.error;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;