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Undo of StandaloneSetup ..? [message #1730746]

Thu, 28 April 2016 08:37

Nils Kronqvist

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Hi,

I have a case where I need to load my DSL model from within Eclipse, but as the dsl files are not located in an open Eclipse project I use the StandaloneSetup which works. BUT - as expected - if I thereafter (without Eclipse restart) loads the Eclipse project in which the DSL files are located, the editor support is broken .. see description why StandaloneSetup should not be used within Eclipse in e.g. http://koehnlein.blogspot.de/2012/11/xtext-tip-how-do-i-get-guice-injector.html.

Any suggestions for a solution that allows me to effectively "undo" StandaloneSetup ..? Given the way non-standalone setup is initialized as described in blog, trying to undo seems like a bit hard to accomplish ..

Is the scenario very uncommon?

An obvious solution would be to require that the project containing the dsl files is loaded before accessing the DSL model, but would like to avoid this if possible.

Rgs,

/Nils K

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Re: Undo of StandaloneSetup ..? [message #1730747 is a reply to message #1730746]

Thu, 28 April 2016 08:42

Christian Dietrich

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You should no need to call standalone setup can you give more context of
that and where you are calling it

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Re: Undo of StandaloneSetup ..? [message #1730757 is a reply to message #1730747]

Thu, 28 April 2016 10:01

Nils Kronqvist

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Thanks for quick reply!

The dsl files are not part of an open Eclipse project, so they are not known to the Eclipse dsl support that works within a context of a IProject - right?

BUT they are part of a Eclipse project that can be loaded - and if this is done after accessing the DSL model which invoks the StandaloneSetup, the editor is "broken".

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Re: Undo of StandaloneSetup ..? [message #1730758 is a reply to message #1730757]

Thu, 28 April 2016 10:05

Christian Dietrich

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Hmm. What about spawning a separate vm

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Re: Undo of StandaloneSetup ..? [message #1730759 is a reply to message #1730757]

Thu, 28 April 2016 10:12

Christian Dietrich

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Another option would be to simply load them into a project

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Re: Undo of StandaloneSetup ..? [message #1730761 is a reply to message #1730759]

Thu, 28 April 2016 10:32

Nils Kronqvist

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>> Another option would be to simply load them into a project

Right, that would be one solution. For end-user scenario I would like to avoid this, but an end-user should not invoke the editor so *could* have a "Development Mode" where the project with the dsl files needs to be loaded.

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