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'''Graphical Editing Framework''' '''(GEF)''' is a framework that was developed for the [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]] platform. It is used to create graphical editors for various diagrams like electrical networks or tree diagrams. Such diagrams offer easy editing capabilities for data in specific domains and are well suited as a graphical representation of that data. GEF editors can be used inside an Eclipse RCP application, the application framework offered by Eclipse. Usually, GEF is used as a part of the [[Graphical Modeling Framework|Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF)]] which combines the [[Eclipse Modeling Framework|Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)]] and GEF to create the code for both the data model and the diagram editor.

==Structure==

Editors generated with GEF consist of the following components:

* The diagram editor including tool palette