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Auto edit strategy with ID's [message #1074022]

Thu, 25 July 2013 20:20

Eclipse User

I need to implement an auto edit strategy which should have ID's in its context. My DSL has something like this:

'function' name=ID ':'
FunctionBody
'end'

So, I need to check when the user typed "function", followed by an ID and a colon, and only then auto complete the "end" keyword. Is it possible?

I looked into the DefaultAutoEditStrategyProvider, but it only seemed capable of autoediting predetermined tokens. Also, SingleLineTerminalsStrategy and MultiLineTerminalsEditStrategy seemed to ignore strategies triggered by a keyword. Is there a way around?

Re: Auto edit strategy with ID's [message #1074128 is a reply to message #1074022]

Fri, 26 July 2013 03:06

Eclipse User

Hi,

the provider is just for registering the strategies to be used. You can add any IAutoEditStrategy (have a look at their implementations).

However, I would use a simpler approach:

1. provide a template for a function.
2. the auto edit strategy inserts end already when "function" is typed. This may even be achieved using the multilineTerminals in the provider (not tested).

Alex

Re: Auto edit strategy with ID's [message #1074428 is a reply to message #1074128]

Fri, 26 July 2013 14:59

Eclipse User

Thank you for your suggestion, I'm trying templates now. They're probably better for my case.
As for inserting function/end with the multilineTerminals, it is not possible. It ignores auto edit rules containing keywords, I'm not sure why.

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