Automatically update xcore/ecore attribute

Question

In an Eclipse plug-in I have a custom model defined in an .xcore file and it contains this EClass definition:

class Person {
    String name
    String surname

    Date dateUpdated
}

My question here is: if I manually edit any of the attributes of an instance of this class (in the Eclipse properties view), is there a way to automatically update the dateUpdated attribute?

I know that this can be done with an EContentAdapter, but is there an easier way to define this in the Xcore file or through some other mechanism?