private void createOperation( Model model, Instance connectorInstance, StringToExpressionConverter converter, final String variableToSet, final String varValue) { Instance operationContainerInstance = connectorInstance.getContainer(); Instance originalVariable = getOriginalVariable(model, variableToSet); // set variable dependency of left operand String returnType = Object.class.getName(); Instance leftOperand = null; if (originalVariable != null) { returnType = StringToExpressionConverter.getDataReturnType(originalVariable); leftOperand = StringToExpressionConverter.createExpressionInstanceWithDependency( model, variableToSet, variableToSet, returnType, ExpressionConstants.VARIABLE_TYPE, true, originalVariable); } else { leftOperand = StringToExpressionConverter.createExpressionInstance( model, variableToSet, variableToSet, returnType, ExpressionConstants.VARIABLE_TYPE, true); } Instance rightOperand = converter.parse(varValue, returnType, false); Instance operatorInstance = model.newInstance("expression.Operator"); operatorInstance.set("type", ExpressionConstants.ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR); Instance operationInstance = model.newInstance("expression.Operation"); operationInstance.set("leftOperand", leftOperand); operationInstance.set("rightOperand", rightOperand); operationInstance.set("operator", operatorInstance); operationContainerInstance.add("operations", operationInstance); }