How do I create an EAttribute whose data type is not an EMF class?

Question

Using EMF, I\'d like to define an attribute whose data type (EType) is external to my EMF model. That is, the type I want is a normal hand-coded Java class that is not part of m

Answer 1

Assuming you're using Xcore as your modelling language, then use

import java.util.Date
...
type Date wraps Date

Now Date can be used as a data type for attributes in line with String and int.

You do the same with Ecore, except that you don't have to explicitly import the type first - e.g.