SuperBrewer3000.xmi purpose?

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This file is present in the demo's model directory, alongside the coffee.ecore and .genmodel files. The .ecore and .genmodel files are produced by EMF, but where did this .xmi file come from? I'm guessing it's not needed, or does something in the demo actually refer to it?

original thread by GaryKopp

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[Jonas Helming]

Can you add a link to the file please?

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[GaryKopp]

The file in question is https://github.com/eclipse-emfcloud/coffee-editor/blob/master/backend/plugins/org.eclipse.emfcloud.coffee.model/model/SuperBrewer3000.xmi.

[planger]

This file is an example model conforming to the coffee.ecore ('schema' or 'metamodel').
It has been created by us to provide an example instance of the coffee.ecore. Such a model can be read with the generated EMF code (generated from the coffee.ecore) and be managed by the modelserver.
It may help to work through https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/tutorials/emf-tutorial to get a better understanding of the EMF-related parts of the coffee editor example.

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[GaryKopp]

Thanks again for your help, Philip. I thought the .coffee file deployed in the coffee editor example was an example instance. Are these two files, the .coffee file and the .xmi file, related and/or redundant? Or perhaps they're just showing completely different instance data?