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Help with template creation [message #901342]

Fri, 10 August 2012 23:35

Ray Holguin

Messages: 3
Registered: August 2012

Junior Member

So if I declare a private member such as

private MyObject test;

I want to create a template that will generate code in the following format

public MyObject retrieveAllMyObjects() {
    return test.findAll();
}

I have been messing around with the templates but I can't even figure out how to activate the templates. when I do the Ctrl+Space i just get no template proposals message

public ${return_type} retrieveAll${field}s() {

}

Obviously this is just a starting point, i was just trying to see if i could get eclipse to generate this and then I would go from there, but no such luck. My template doesn't show up anywhere. The context im using is "Java Type Members" what am I doing wrong??

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Re: Help with template creation [message #901409 is a reply to message #901342]

Sat, 11 August 2012 22:37

Vlad Gheorghe

Messages: 127
Registered: May 2011

Senior Member

Hi,

Reading through the variables specification, I think this one is more close :

public ${t:elemType(x)} retrieveAll${x:field}s() {

}

Also, the categories that content assist provides are configured in Java > Editor > Content Assist > Advanced.

However, I could not get this working either (new the template is not listed in the proposal list)

Cheers,
Vlad

[Updated on: Sun, 12 August 2012 08:47]

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Re: Help with template creation [message #901549 is a reply to message #901342]

Mon, 13 August 2012 10:42

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 11.08.2012 01:35, Ray Holguin wrote:
> So if I declare a private member such as
>
>
> private MyObject test;
>
> I want to create a template that will generate code in the following
> format
>
> public MyObject retrieveAllMyObjects() {
> return test.findAll();
> }
> I have been messing around with the templates but I can't even figure
> out how to activate the templates. when I do the Ctrl+Space i just get
> no template proposals message
You need to type at least one character to get templates proposals.

Dani
>
> public ${return_type} retrieveAll${field}s() {
>
> }
>
> Obviously this is just a starting point, i was just trying to see if i
> could get eclipse to generate this and then I would go from there, but
> no such luck. My template doesn't show up anywhere. The context im
> using is "Java Type Members" what am I doing wrong??

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Re: Help with template creation [message #901606 is a reply to message #901342]

Mon, 13 August 2012 16:11

Ray Holguin

Messages: 3
Registered: August 2012

Junior Member

Ok so i was able to get my code template to work only if i edited one of the existing templates in the system to use my code. I took the "private_static_method" stock template and put my code in and it worked. but if I create a new template with the same exact configuration it does not appear. does anyone know if you have to do something special to get new templates to register in eclipse so they can be used?

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