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Extending the Annotation Properties view [message #557789]

Wed, 08 September 2010 18:09

Brian Fitzpatrick
Messages: 495
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi all wise and powerful WTP developers...

We recently discovered the cool Annotation Properties view
(org.eclipse.jst.ws.internal.jaxws.ui.views.AnnotationsView) and would
like to use/extend it for annotations other than JAX-WS.

Is there any way to extend/modify this view so that it recognizes other
annotation types? Eventually it would be great to add JAX-RS
annotations, which we'd like to have at some point. But obviously web
services isn't the only area that would benefit from a common UI for
adding/modifying annotations.

Thanks in advance for any info!

--Fitz

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Re: Extending the Annotation Properties view [message #558031 is a reply to message #557789]

Thu, 09 September 2010 16:52

Shane Clarke
Messages: 67
Registered: July 2009

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Hi Brian

Brian Fitzpatrick wrote on Wed, 08 September 2010 23:09

Is there any way to extend/modify this view so that it recognizes other
annotation types?

Yes there is. Unfortunately there is no tutorial on how to do this at the moment.

But the extension points are documented in the JAX-WS Tools User Guide and JAX-WS tools ships with two plug-ins that serve as examples on how to consume those extension points.

Have a look at the org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core.annotationCategory
& org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core.annotationDefinition extension points.

and the org.eclipse.jst.ws.jaxws.core and org.eclipse.jst.ws.jaxb.core plug-ins.

Basically define your annotation category and your annotation definitions.

Ensure the annotations are on the plug-ins classpath.

And add the following to your plug-ins MANIFEST.MF
Eclipse-RegisterBuddy: org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core

Once installed or running in a runtime workspace create a Java based project that has the annotations you wish to use on it's classpath and open the annotation properties view.

You can then filter the view by category to only display the annotations you are interested in.

Let me know if you have any questions or need any help.

Thanks,
Shane

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Re: Extending the Annotation Properties view [message #558206 is a reply to message #558031]

Fri, 10 September 2010 09:53

Brian Fitzpatrick
Messages: 495
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Thanks for the info Shane, I'll give it a shot! :)

--Fitz

Shane Clarke wrote:
> Hi Brian
>
> Brian Fitzpatrick wrote on Wed, 08 September 2010 23:09
>> Is there any way to extend/modify this view so that it recognizes
>> other annotation types?
>
>
> Yes there is. Unfortunately there is no tutorial on how to do this at
> the moment.
>
> But the extension points are documented in the JAX-WS Tools User Guide
> and JAX-WS tools ships with two plug-ins that serve as examples on how
> to consume those extension points.
>
> Have a look at the org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core.annotationCategory
> & org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core.annotationDefinition extension
> points.
>
> and the org.eclipse.jst.ws.jaxws.core and org.eclipse.jst.ws.jaxb.core
> plug-ins.
>
> Basically define your annotation category and your annotation definitions.
>
> Ensure the annotations are on the plug-ins classpath.
>
> And add the following to your plug-ins MANIFEST.MF
> Eclipse-RegisterBuddy: org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core
>
> Once installed or running in a runtime workspace create a Java based
> project that has the annotations you wish to use on it's classpath and
> open the annotation properties view.
> You can then filter the view by category to only display the annotations
> you are interested in.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions or need any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Shane
>

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Re: Extending the Annotation Properties view [message #558680 is a reply to message #558031]

Mon, 13 September 2010 17:49

Brian Fitzpatrick
Messages: 495
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hey Shane,

Just wanted to let you know I wrote a blog post about extending the view
and have some suggestions... If I get a chance, I'll create two or three
bugzillas and see if I can maybe get a patch together.

Here's the post:
http://community.jboss.org/en/jbosstools/blog/2010/09/13/ext ending-the-eclipse-annotation-properties-view

Thanks for the help!
--Fitz

Shane Clarke wrote:
> Hi Brian
>
> Brian Fitzpatrick wrote on Wed, 08 September 2010 23:09
>> Is there any way to extend/modify this view so that it recognizes
>> other annotation types?
>
>
> Yes there is. Unfortunately there is no tutorial on how to do this at
> the moment.
>
> But the extension points are documented in the JAX-WS Tools User Guide
> and JAX-WS tools ships with two plug-ins that serve as examples on how
> to consume those extension points.
>
> Have a look at the org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core.annotationCategory
> & org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core.annotationDefinition extension
> points.
>
> and the org.eclipse.jst.ws.jaxws.core and org.eclipse.jst.ws.jaxb.core
> plug-ins.
>
> Basically define your annotation category and your annotation definitions.
>
> Ensure the annotations are on the plug-ins classpath.
>
> And add the following to your plug-ins MANIFEST.MF
> Eclipse-RegisterBuddy: org.eclipse.jst.ws.annotations.core
>
> Once installed or running in a runtime workspace create a Java based
> project that has the annotations you wish to use on it's classpath and
> open the annotation properties view.
> You can then filter the view by category to only display the annotations
> you are interested in.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions or need any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Shane
>

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