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Re: Hand object as GLOBALVAR into Xtend file via MWE workflow? [message #496120]

Sun, 08 November 2009 13:32

Eclipse User

Hi Marcel,

I forwarded this one to the m2t newsgroup as this question is not
related to Xtext but Xpand.

Regards,
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Marcel schrieb:
> Hi!
>
> I want to hand an object into a Xtend file via the MWE workflow. I tried
> it this way:
>
> MWE:
>
>
> ...
> <component id="resultBuilder"
> class="com.example.pop.workflow.ResultBuilderFactory">
> </component>
> ...
> <component class="org.eclipse.xpand2.Generator">
> <metaModel
> class="org.eclipse.internal.xtend.type.impl.java.JavaMetaModel ">
> <typeStrategy
> class=" org.eclipse.internal.xtend.type.impl.java.beans.JavaBeansStr ategy "/>
> </metaModel>
>
> <fileEncoding value="Cp1252"/>
> <expand value="com::example::pop::templates::BuildMapper::main
> FOR popModel"/>
> <genPath value="${targetDir}"/>
>
> 
> <globalVarDef name="mappingModel" value="mappingModel" />
>
> 
>  </component>
>
>
>
> As highlighted I create a component with id="resultBuilder" and try to
> hand that one into the Generator via a globalvar.
> In the xtend file I defined the GLOBALVAR, but the workflow does not
> know the value="resultBuilder".
>
>
> Does anybody has an idea how to create an object in the workflow and use
> it in the templates??
>
> A workaround is to hand in the Classname as a String and call a Factory
> to create the object inside the xtend file.
>
>
> Thanks a lot!!
> Bye Marcel

Re: Hand object as GLOBALVAR into Xtend file via MWE workflow? [message #496502 is a reply to message #496120]

Tue, 10 November 2009 06:00

Eclipse User

Hi,

this is not supported out-of-the-box.

Cheers,
Sven

> Hi!
>
> I want to hand an object into a Xtend file via the MWE workflow. I tried it this way:
>
> MWE:
>
>
> ...
> <component id="resultBuilder" class="com.example.pop.workflow.ResultBuilderFactory">
> </component>
> ...
> <component class="org.eclipse.xpand2.Generator">
> <metaModel class="org.eclipse.internal.xtend.type.impl.java.JavaMetaModel ">
> <typeStrategy class=" org.eclipse.internal.xtend.type.impl.java.beans.JavaBeansStr ategy "/>
> </metaModel>
> <fileEncoding value="Cp1252"/>
> <expand value="com::example::pop::templates::BuildMapper::main FOR popModel"/>
> <genPath value="${targetDir}"/>
> 
> <globalVarDef name="mappingModel" value="mappingModel" />
> 
>  </component>
>
>
>
> As highlighted I create a component with id="resultBuilder" and try to hand that one into the Generator via a globalvar.
> In the xtend file I defined the GLOBALVAR, but the workflow does not know the value="resultBuilder".
>
>
> Does anybody has an idea how to create an object in the workflow and use it in the templates??
>
> A workaround is to hand in the Classname as a String and call a Factory to create the object inside the xtend file.
>
>
> Thanks a lot!!
> Bye Marcel

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