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[Acceleo] extending Module [message #64986] Sun, 26 July 2009 20:25 Go to next message
Mats Svefors is currently offline Mats SveforsFriend
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2009
Junior Member
Is it possible to use the extension/inheritance functionality to implement
a 'template method design pattern'?

Like so:
[module M1('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]

[template public foo()][bar()/][/template]

[template public bar()]bar[/template]

[module M2('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML') extends M1/]

[template public bar()]SomeOtherBar[/template]

[template public subfoo(c : Class)]
[comment @main /][file ('subfoo.txt', false)][foo()/][/file][/template]

I guess this is one of them, how do you say, rhetorical questions, I tried
it and the contents of subfoo says 'bar'. But Is there a way to fulfil the
goal?

A more telling example of what I am trying to achieve:

[module JavaClass]

[template public txt_contents(c : Class)]
[c.txt_package()/]
[c.txt_imports()/]
[c.txt_classComment()/]
[c.txt_annotations()/]
[c.txt_declaration()/]{
[c.txt_body()/]
}
[/template]

[template public txt_package(c : Class)]package foo;[/template]

[comment ...and the other templates below /]



[module MySpecialTypeOfJavaClass(c : Class) extends JavaClass]

[comment ...and in here override the behavior that you wish to change/]

[template public txt_package(c: Class)]package bar;[/template]

[template public txt_body(c : Class)] lots of special code here [/template]
Re: [Acceleo] extending Module [message #65048 is a reply to message #64986] Mon, 27 July 2009 08:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Alexis Muller is currently offline Alexis MullerFriend
Messages: 13
Registered: July 2009
Junior Member
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:25:43 +0000, Mats Svefors wrote:

> Is it possible to use the extension/inheritance functionality to
> implement a 'template method design pattern'?

Hello,

Acceleo is using the first matching template it found.

So you can try something like that :

-------------normal.mtl---------------
[module normal('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]

[template public body(c : Class)]
normal
[/template]


-----------special.mtl----------------
[module special('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]

[template public body(c : Class)]
special
[/template]

---------generate.mtl----------------
[module generate('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]
[import special/]
[import normal/]

[template public generator(c : Class)]
[file (c.name, false)]
class [c.name/]
{
[c.body()/]
}
[/file]
[/template]


Since the special module is imported before the normal one, the special
templates are called in priority.

I hope this can help you.

Regards,

Alexis
Re: [Acceleo] extending Module [message #65112 is a reply to message #65048] Mon, 27 July 2009 09:55 Go to previous message
Laurent Goubet is currently offline Laurent GoubetFriend
Messages: 1902
Registered: July 2009
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Hi Mats,

Alexis' solution should work ... or you can 'really' use the extension
mechanism (what you pasted here doesn't use the extension mechanism, it
is more or less an import).

Acceleo needs two things to extend templates : the "extends" keyword on
the module itself to tell which module's templates are to be overriden,
and the "overrides" keyword on the templates. Having only the
"overrides" will not compile, having only the "extends" will only have
your extending module "import" the other, making its templates visible
(though protected templates will be visible as well with an "extends" in
stead of an "import".

That being said, your exemple should be modified as such :

----------8<----------
[module M1('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]

[template public foo()][bar()/][/template]

[template public bar()]bar[/template]
---------->8----------

----------8<----------
[module M2('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML') extends M1/]

[template public bar() overrides bar]SomeOtherBar[/template]

[template public subfoo(c : Class) overrides foo]
[comment @main /][file ('subfoo.txt', false)][super()/][/file][/template]
---------->8----------

you will also note the use of "super" instead of directly calling "foo",
though both would work since the name of your overriding template is not
the same as the name of the overriden template (which wouldn't be true
for "bar" in this case).

Laurent Goubet
Obeo

Alexis Muller a écrit :
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:25:43 +0000, Mats Svefors wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to use the extension/inheritance functionality to
>> implement a 'template method design pattern'?
>
> Hello,
>
> Acceleo is using the first matching template it found.
>
> So you can try something like that :
>
> -------------normal.mtl---------------
> [module normal('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]
>
> [template public body(c : Class)]
> normal
> [/template]
>
>
> -----------special.mtl----------------
> [module special('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]
>
> [template public body(c : Class)]
> special
> [/template]
>
> ---------generate.mtl----------------
> [module generate('http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.1.0/UML')/]
> [import special/]
> [import normal/]
>
> [template public generator(c : Class)]
> [file (c.name, false)]
> class [c.name/]
> {
> [c.body()/]
> }
> [/file]
> [/template]
>
>
> Since the special module is imported before the normal one, the special
> templates are called in priority.
>
> I hope this can help you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alexis


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