refactor(alias-customization): move the feature into a separate language nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization + remove builder parameter

Author: Alexander Pann

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
 The format is *loosely* based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) .The project does *not* follow Semantic Versioning and the changes are documented in reverse chronological order, grouped by calendar month.
 
+## December 2025
+
+### Added
+
+- *nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization* The alias of all concepts globally can now be customized through the extension point [AliasCustomization.](http://127.0.0.1:63320/node?ref=r%3Af0a80b34-9760-42b8-9ee6-d5b0d1582551%28de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor.runtime.plugin%29%2F1679635547169731239) Please be aware that this feature is experimental. Use it with care!
+
 ## November 2025
 
 ### Added
 
 - *de.itemis.mps.editor.diagram.runtime* Add an experimental static flag to disable autolayout-on-init. Useful for batch autolayouting.
+- *com.mbeddr.mpsutil.grammarcells* All cells now support *show* *if* blocks (except optional cells), parent styles and style sheet items. Note that only certain styles can be applied (transitive styles and styles that make sense for wrapper cells).
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -18,10 +25,6 @@ The format is *loosely* based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/e
 - *de.itemis.mps.spellcheck* Custom dictionaries are not saved in the .mps/dictionaries/project.xml files anymore and pollute the file that is normally used for words saved manually by the user.
 - *de.itemis.mps.editor.celllayout* Reloading all classes do not lead to ClassCastExceptions anymore.
 
-### Added
-
-- *com.mbeddr.mpsutil.grammarcells* All cells now support *show* *if* blocks (except optional cells), parent styles and style sheet items. Note that only certain styles can be applied (transitive styles and styles that make sense for wrapper cells).
-
 ## October 2025
 
 ### Fixed

code/.mps/modules.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="MPSProject">
     <projectModules>
+      <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/alias-customization/languages/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.mpl" folder="alias-customization" />
+      <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/alias-customization/solutions/nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization/nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.msd" folder="alias-customization" />
+      <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/alias-customization/solutions/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.msd" folder="alias-customization" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/apache-commons/solutions/org.apache.commons/org.apache.commons.msd" folder="apache-commons" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/batik/solutions/de.itemis.stubs.batik.msd" folder="" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/blutil/languages/com.mbeddr.mpsutil.blutil.genutil/com.mbeddr.mpsutil.blutil.genutil.mpl" folder="blutil" />
@@ -41,7 +44,6 @@
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/conditional-editor/languages/de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor/de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor.mpl" folder="conditional-editor" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/conditional-editor/solutions/de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor.runtime/de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor.runtime.msd" folder="conditional-editor" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/conditional-editor/solutions/de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor.sandbox/de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor.sandbox.msd" folder="conditional-editor" />
-      <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/conditional-editor/solutions/test.de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor/test.de.slisson.mps.conditionalEditor.msd" folder="conditional-editor" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/debug/languages/de.itemis.mps.debug/de.itemis.mps.debug.mpl" folder="debug" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/debug/solutions/de.itemis.mps.debug.runtime/de.itemis.mps.debug.runtime.msd" folder="debug" />
       <modulePath path="$PROJECT_DIR$/devkits/de.q60.mps.genplan.virutalinterfaces_incremental.devkit/de.q60.mps.genplan.virutalinterfaces_incremental.devkit.devkit" folder="shadowmodels.examples.interpreter" />

code/alias-customization/languages/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang/generator/templates/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.generator.templates@generator.mps

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<model ref="r:233afdd2-5b93-4bb1-a8ae-806b32fb42a6(test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.generator.templates@generator)">
+  <persistence version="9" />
+  <languages>
+    <devkit ref="a2eb3a43-fcc2-4200-80dc-c60110c4862d(jetbrains.mps.devkit.templates)" />
+  </languages>
+  <imports />
+  <registry>
+    <language id="b401a680-8325-4110-8fd3-84331ff25bef" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.generator">
+      <concept id="1095416546421" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.generator.structure.MappingConfiguration" flags="ig" index="bUwia" />
+    </language>
+    <language id="ceab5195-25ea-4f22-9b92-103b95ca8c0c" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.core">
+      <concept id="1169194658468" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.core.structure.INamedConcept" flags="ngI" index="TrEIO">
+        <property id="1169194664001" name="name" index="TrG5h" />
+      </concept>
+    </language>
+  </registry>
+  <node concept="bUwia" id="3r2yrqnhHxY">
+    <property role="TrG5h" value="main" />
+  </node>
+</model>
+

code/alias-customization/languages/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang/models/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.editor.mps

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<model ref="r:d15993ba-7da5-46a9-b467-486db3994b31(test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.editor)">
+  <persistence version="9" />
+  <languages>
+    <use id="18bc6592-03a6-4e29-a83a-7ff23bde13ba" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.editor" version="15" />
+    <use id="aee9cad2-acd4-4608-aef2-0004f6a1cdbd" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.actions" version="4" />
+    <devkit ref="fbc25dd2-5da4-483a-8b19-70928e1b62d7(jetbrains.mps.devkit.general-purpose)" />
+  </languages>
+  <imports />
+  <registry />
+</model>
+

code/alias-customization/languages/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang/models/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.structure.mps

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<model ref="r:143d8fbb-9206-40d4-9eea-833943255ba9(test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.structure)">
+  <persistence version="9" />
+  <languages>
+    <devkit ref="78434eb8-b0e5-444b-850d-e7c4ad2da9ab(jetbrains.mps.devkit.aspect.structure)" />
+  </languages>
+  <imports>
+    <import index="tpee" ref="r:00000000-0000-4000-0000-011c895902ca(jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.structure)" />
+    <import index="tpck" ref="r:00000000-0000-4000-0000-011c89590288(jetbrains.mps.lang.core.structure)" implicit="true" />
+  </imports>
+  <registry>
+    <language id="c72da2b9-7cce-4447-8389-f407dc1158b7" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.structure">
+      <concept id="1169125787135" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.structure.structure.AbstractConceptDeclaration" flags="ig" index="PkWjJ">
+        <property id="6714410169261853888" name="conceptId" index="EcuMT" />
+        <property id="4628067390765907488" name="conceptShortDescription" index="R4oN_" />
+        <property id="5092175715804935370" name="conceptAlias" index="34LRSv" />
+      </concept>
+      <concept id="1071489090640" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.structure.structure.ConceptDeclaration" flags="ig" index="1TIwiD">
+        <property id="1096454100552" name="rootable" index="19KtqR" />
+        <reference id="1071489389519" name="extends" index="1TJDcQ" />
+      </concept>
+    </language>
+    <language id="ceab5195-25ea-4f22-9b92-103b95ca8c0c" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.core">
+      <concept id="1169194658468" name="jetbrains.mps.lang.core.structure.INamedConcept" flags="ngI" index="TrEIO">
+        <property id="1169194664001" name="name" index="TrG5h" />
+      </concept>
+    </language>
+  </registry>
+  <node concept="1TIwiD" id="6eakByRhOlw">
+    <property role="TrG5h" value="ChangeAlias" />
+    <property role="34LRSv" value="oldAlias" />
+    <property role="EcuMT" value="7172636034965390688" />
+    <property role="R4oN_" value="short description" />
+    <property role="19KtqR" value="true" />
+    <ref role="1TJDcQ" to="tpck:gw2VY9q" resolve="BaseConcept" />
+  </node>
+</model>
+

code/alias-customization/languages/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang/test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang.mpl

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<language namespace="test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang" uuid="c0a5f6c9-68ef-4488-881a-7ace530278b5" languageVersion="0" moduleVersion="0">
+  <models>
+    <modelRoot contentPath="${module}" type="default">
+      <sourceRoot path="${module}/models" />
+    </modelRoot>
+  </models>
+  <facets>
+    <facet type="java" compile="mps" classes="mps" ext="yes">
+      <classes generated="true" path="${module}/classes_gen" />
+    </facet>
+  </facets>
+  <accessoryModels />
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency reexport="false">f3061a53-9226-4cc5-a443-f952ceaf5816(jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage)</dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <languageVersions>
+    <language slang="l:f3061a53-9226-4cc5-a443-f952ceaf5816:jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage" version="12" />
+    <language slang="l:443f4c36-fcf5-4eb6-9500-8d06ed259e3e:jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.classifiers" version="0" />
+    <language slang="l:fd392034-7849-419d-9071-12563d152375:jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.closures" version="0" />
+    <language slang="l:83888646-71ce-4f1c-9c53-c54016f6ad4f:jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.collections" version="2" />
+    <language slang="l:f2801650-65d5-424e-bb1b-463a8781b786:jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.javadoc" version="2" />
+    <language slang="l:760a0a8c-eabb-4521-8bfd-65db761a9ba3:jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.logging" version="0" />
+    <language slang="l:a247e09e-2435-45ba-b8d2-07e93feba96a:jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.tuples" version="0" />
+    <language slang="l:aee9cad2-acd4-4608-aef2-0004f6a1cdbd:jetbrains.mps.lang.actions" version="4" />
+    <language slang="l:ceab5195-25ea-4f22-9b92-103b95ca8c0c:jetbrains.mps.lang.core" version="2" />
+    <language slang="l:f4ad079d-bc71-4ffb-9600-9328705cf998:jetbrains.mps.lang.descriptor" version="0" />
+    <language slang="l:18bc6592-03a6-4e29-a83a-7ff23bde13ba:jetbrains.mps.lang.editor" version="15" />
+    <language slang="l:446c26eb-2b7b-4bf0-9b35-f83fa582753e:jetbrains.mps.lang.modelapi" version="0" />
+    <language slang="l:3a13115c-633c-4c5c-bbcc-75c4219e9555:jetbrains.mps.lang.quotation" version="5" />
+    <language slang="l:982eb8df-2c96-4bd7-9963-11712ea622e5:jetbrains.mps.lang.resources" version="3" />
+    <language slang="l:7866978e-a0f0-4cc7-81bc-4d213d9375e1:jetbrains.mps.lang.smodel" version="19" />
+    <language slang="l:c72da2b9-7cce-4447-8389-f407dc1158b7:jetbrains.mps.lang.structure" version="9" />
+    <language slang="l:c7fb639f-be78-4307-89b0-b5959c3fa8c8:jetbrains.mps.lang.text" version="0" />
+    <language slang="l:9ded098b-ad6a-4657-bfd9-48636cfe8bc3:jetbrains.mps.lang.traceable" version="0" />
+  </languageVersions>
+  <dependencyVersions>
+    <module reference="3f233e7f-b8a6-46d2-a57f-795d56775243(Annotations)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="6354ebe7-c22a-4a0f-ac54-50b52ab9b065(JDK)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="6ed54515-acc8-4d1e-a16c-9fd6cfe951ea(MPS.Core)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="8865b7a8-5271-43d3-884c-6fd1d9cfdd34(MPS.OpenAPI)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="f3061a53-9226-4cc5-a443-f952ceaf5816(jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="e39e4a59-8cb6-498e-860e-8fa8361c0d90(jetbrains.mps.baseLanguage.scopes)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="2d3c70e9-aab2-4870-8d8d-6036800e4103(jetbrains.mps.kernel)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="ceab5195-25ea-4f22-9b92-103b95ca8c0c(jetbrains.mps.lang.core)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="a9e4c532-c5f5-4bb7-99ef-42abb73bbb70(jetbrains.mps.lang.descriptor.aspects)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="9ded098b-ad6a-4657-bfd9-48636cfe8bc3(jetbrains.mps.lang.traceable)" version="0" />
+    <module reference="c0a5f6c9-68ef-4488-881a-7ace530278b5(test.nl.f1re.mps.aliascustomization.demolang)" version="0" />
+  </dependencyVersions>
+  <extendedLanguages />
+</language>
+