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[Xpand] Invoking templates from menus? [message #527495]

Thu, 15 April 2010 13:18

Nicholas

Messages: 4
Registered: April 2010

Junior Member

Hi

I'm looking to create a generation element for my dsl plug-in.

I seem to be getting on fine working with Xtext and Xpand, but want to know if there is a way I can have the user invoke a Xpand template, without having to deal directly with a workflow.

Ideally this would be a right-click menu option on the file to generate against.

I've had a search, but have only turned up this alternative: http://www.peterfriese.de/using-xpand-in-your-eclipse-wizard s/

Apologies I'm a complete novice to plug-in development, so try not to assume to much of me in your answers! Embarrassed

Many thanks

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Re: [Xpand] Invoking templates from menus? [message #527507 is a reply to message #527495]

Thu, 15 April 2010 13:42

MaximeLecourt

Messages: 108
Registered: February 2010
Location: France

Senior Member

Hi,

you can use JAVA. As long as your workflow is configured beforehand, you can invoke it from JAVA.

Quote:

public boolean run(String workFlowFile,
ProgressMonitor theMonitor,
Map<String,String> theParams,
Map<String,?> externalSlotContents)

http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=165963& amp;start=0&

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Re: [Xpand] Invoking templates from menus? [message #527698 is a reply to message #527507]

Fri, 16 April 2010 07:15

Sven Efftinge

Messages: 1823
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Xpand also provides some Java APIs (CTRL+SHIFT+T 'XpandFacade')
to call templates directly from Java code.

Sven

Maxime Lecourt schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> you can use JAVA. As long as your workflow is configured beforehand, you
> can invoke it from JAVA.
>
> Quote:
>> public boolean run(String workFlowFile,
>> ProgressMonitor theMonitor,
>> Map<String,String> theParams,
>> Map<String,?> externalSlotContents)
>
>
> http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=165963& amp;start=0&

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