Using the Properties DSL in the odesign, a specifier can create the content of the Properties view for her/his Sirius-based designers. In some projects, a specifier may require the use of additional widgets not provided by the Sirius Properties runtime. In order to fulfill this need, the Sirius Properties runtime provide two ways for a developer to contribute additional widgets for specifiers.
Two strategies, Basic Custom Widget and Advanced Custom Widget , exist to create a custom widget depending on the quality of the integration of the custom widget that you want to create.
| Basic Custom Widget | Advanced Custom Widget | |
|---|---|---|
| Advantages | Easier to implement by the developer | Exactly the same integration in Sirius as any other concepts |
| Drawbacks | Poor user interface for the specifier to manipulate | Complex to implement by the developer |
Those two strategies have their own specific advantages and drawbacks but the “Advanced Custom Widget” strategy can developed as a follow-up of a “Basic Custom Widget” while keeping most of the code developed for the “Basic Custom Widget” approach.