We support language-agnostic, reflective-generic, and language-specific clients

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LionWeb considers and supports these kinds of clients:

• language-agnostic: A client that does only look at M1 models, and doesn't care about any languages and thus doesn't need to know them. Examples include a validator for LionWeb JSON format, a pretty-printer to create human-readable versions of the model, or a reference checker.

• reflective-generic: A client that can work with any M1 model and reflectively interprets the associated languages. These clients need to know the language(s) to work properly. Examples include a generic validator or editor (they need to know valid values for properties and containments/references).

• language-specific: A client that can work only with models adhering to a specific set of language(s). Examples include tools that use hard-coded, host-language classes to represent the concepts.