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Tue, 23 August 2016 03:16

Eclipse User

I have a task in eclipse to enable the functionality in which when we type in a particular word or character a pre defined word/character automatically appears without having to use ctrl+space.

Eg. if i write "begin" then "end" should appear automatically.
just like opening and closing brackets,etc

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741116 is a reply to message #1741106]

Tue, 23 August 2016 04:07

Eclipse User

this feature is called auto edit and configured via DefaultAutoEditStrategyProvider

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741147 is a reply to message #1741116]

Tue, 23 August 2016 06:54

Eclipse User

I am new to Xtext, So I wasnt able to find the class that you told. Is there anyother way to do this?

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741150 is a reply to message #1741147]

Tue, 23 August 2016 07:05

Eclipse User

the class full name is "org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.autoedit.DefaultAutoEditStrategyProvider" and it is contained in org.eclipse.xtext.ui
so it should be accessible from yourdsl.ui plugin.

where did you search for the class?

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741165 is a reply to message #1741150]

Tue, 23 August 2016 08:48

Eclipse User

This is my Xtext project workspace

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Re: Auto Completion [message #1741166 is a reply to message #1741165]

Tue, 23 August 2016 08:49

Eclipse User

the class should be accessible from there

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741167 is a reply to message #1741166]

Tue, 23 August 2016 08:50

Eclipse User

can you paste the code you try to write?

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741232 is a reply to message #1741167]

Wed, 24 August 2016 00:22

Eclipse User

Actually I am a beginner in Xtext.. and I was doing some hands-on, So I created this following:

grammar org.xtext.example.mydsl.MyDsl with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals

generate myDsl "http://www.xtext.org/example/mydsl/MyDsl"

Model:
greetings=Greeting;

Greeting:

rule1|rule2
;
rule1:
start='begin' text=STRING stop= 'end'
;
rule2:
start='begin' stop='end'
;

I dont even know if this grammar is write according to my needs.

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741233 is a reply to message #1741232]

Wed, 24 August 2016 00:42

Eclipse User

Did you have a look at the domain model example. It contains an edit strategy

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741236 is a reply to message #1741233]

Wed, 24 August 2016 01:22

Eclipse User

Okay I did something in the MyDslUiModule and now I can find that class which you mentioned but is shows some error.
I have attached a screen shot of it

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Re: Auto Completion [message #1741237 is a reply to message #1741236]

Wed, 24 August 2016 01:26

Eclipse User

well you code is java code and the module is written in xtend so you have to transform it to a xtend method

def Class<? extend InsertBaseClassHere> bindInsertBaseClassHere() {
InsertCustomClassHere
}

Re: Auto Completion [message #1741241 is a reply to message #1741237]

Wed, 24 August 2016 01:56

Eclipse User

Thanks for your help!

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