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'''Graphical Editing Framework''' '''(GEF)''' is a framework that was developed for the [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]] platform. Itthat isuses knownthe as[[Model–View–Controller|MVC]] aarchitectural frameworkstyle withand aconsists veryof steepthe learningfollowing curve, but it offers some benefits.components:

* A tool palette that provides editing capabilities to the user

* Request/command objects that edit the model and provide [[undo]]-redo

GEF consists of the following components

* A Draw2d subsystem that provides most of the default behaviours

*[[draw2d]] has to be used for the View components

* Requests/Commands have to be used to edit the model

* ''Palette'' of Tools that are offered to the user

== Benefits ==

* Having a Graphical Representation and being able to edit it

* Predefined Tools for Selection, Connection Creation and others

* [[Model-view-controller]] (MVC) Concept

== MVC Concept ==