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Remove warning/error marker [message #1776923]

Wed, 22 November 2017 15:02

Eclipse User

Hi,

Is there a way from within Xtext to remove a marker created at a previous validation run?

I have implemented some validation checks in the usual Xtext way. One of these checks is potentially fairly expensive, but is also only relevant if a model contains a particular keyword. To make sure users are aware of the check not running by default, I have implemented a FAST check that simply adds a warning to the keyword if the keyword is present. This warning basically instructs users to run the expensive test.

When they do run the expensive test, it is possible that this produces an error marker. I would like the warning marker to be removed when the expensive test is run (regardless of whether this produces an error or not).

I think I know how to do this with standard Eclipse on-board tools (using ResourcePlugin). However, for obvious reasons these are not available to me from within the Xtext validation infrastructure. For the same reasons I don't want to introduce such a dependency in that plugin. Presumably, I could override parts of the validation infrastructure provided by Xtext, but I would rather want to avoid that if possible.

Is there a way to remove existing warnings/errors when running a validator?

Many thanks,

Steffen

Re: Remove warning/error marker [message #1776926 is a reply to message #1776923]

Wed, 22 November 2017 15:14

Eclipse User

have a look at org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.validation.MarkerCreator
and how it is utilized during validation.

i am not sure if you need to remove or if you need to not to check the fast if expensive is running (i assume then all checks are running as well)
so you might have a look at org.eclipse.xtext.validation.AbstractDeclarativeValidator.getCheckMode()
and do a if on that in your fast check.
then you wont need to remove anything

Re: Remove warning/error marker [message #1776927 is a reply to message #1776926]

Wed, 22 November 2017 15:18

Eclipse User

I'm already checking for the check mode when creating the warning so that it is not created when running expensive checks. For some reason, the warning marker is still shown in the editor.

Re: Remove warning/error marker [message #1776932 is a reply to message #1776927]

Wed, 22 November 2017 16:10

Eclipse User

so you ae not talking about markers but about annotations?
and how do you execute expensive validation?

for me this could be a bug .
org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.validation.MarkerIssueProcessor.processIssues(List<Issue>, IProgressMonitor)
seems to add stuff only but not remove existing ones.
can you please create a ticket at github.com/eclipse/xtext-eclipse

org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.validation.AddMarkersOperation.execute(IProgressMonitor) deletes the markers.
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.ResourceMarkerAnnotationModel.batchedUpdate(IMarkerDelta[])
treats thst in the editor.

but thats marker annotations only.
this leaves the xtext annotations unattended

these are handle by org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.validation.AnnotationIssueProcessor.

imho the validationjob should use a hybrid of AnnotationIssueProcessor and MarkerIssueProcessor (in ValidateActionHandler)
maybe you can do some digging yourself

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