| VE Code Generation: Who generates global variable declarations? [message #485107] |
Thu, 10 September 2009 10:38  |
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Hi all
another question.
We use "Choose Bean" to drop some other visual components of special type
onto a VE visual bean class. In the general case, this generates the
following code:
import x.y.z.SomeSpecialPanel;
...
private SomeSpecialPanel myPanel = null;
...
/**
* This method initializes myPanel
* @return x.y.z.SomeSpecialPanel
*/
private SomeSpecialPanel getMyPanel() {
if (myPanel == null) {
myPanel = new SomeSpecialPanel();
}
return myPanel;
}
What we would like to do, is generate the following code:
import x.y.z.SomeSpecialPanel;
import x.y.z.AbstractPanel
import x.y.z.SpecialAnnotation
...
private @SpecialAnnotation AbstractPanel myPanel = null;
...
/**
* This method initializes myPanel
* @return x.y.z.AbstractPanel
*/
private AbstractPanel getMyPanel() {
if (myPanel == null) {
myPanel = SpecialPanelFactory.create(SomeSpecialPanel.class);
}
return myPanel;
}
Three things should change:
1) Instance variable type (and return type of getter) should be of type
AbstractPanel
2) Instance variable should receive an annotation marking it as special
3) Instead of "new" a factory should be invoked with the panel class
I managed to achieve 3) by installing Decoder and DecoderHelper for
AbstractPanel type (of which special panel is a subtype of) and overriding
the generate/decode methods.
But for 1) and 2) I didn't manage to find a hook. Where I can install my
own Decoder for the instance variable code generation and for the
getter/initialize method, or who is responsible for encoding those
expressions?
Any pointers/hints?
Help would be greatly appreciated,
Kaspar
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| Re: VE Code Generation: Who generates global variable declarations? [message #485139 is a reply to message #485107] |
Thu, 10 September 2009 11:27  |
| Eclipse User |
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Ok, so I found this:
http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t43277.html
which tells me how to generate my own getter method (with correct return
type).
But I still don't know how I can influence the generation of the instance
variable. Looking at the code in BeanPartFactory.generateInstanceDecl(..)
did not reveal any (obvious) hooks that Icould use. I guess that it would
be needed to provide an own InstanceVariableTemplate there, but since this
is not created through a factory, chances seem slim to do so.
So the question remains, how I can generate:
private @SpecialAnnotation AbstractPanel myPanel = null;
instead of:
private SomeSpecialPanel myPanel = null;
If a SomeSpecialPanel is dropped in the editor.
Thanks,
Kaspar
PS: Patching BeanPartFactory would be a solution, I guess, but obviously
not a nice one...
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| Re: VE Code Generation: Who generates global variable declarations? [message #617417 is a reply to message #485107] |
Thu, 10 September 2009 11:27 |
| Eclipse User |
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Ok, so I found this:
http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t43277.html
which tells me how to generate my own getter method (with correct return
type).
But I still don't know how I can influence the generation of the instance
variable. Looking at the code in BeanPartFactory.generateInstanceDecl(..)
did not reveal any (obvious) hooks that Icould use. I guess that it would
be needed to provide an own InstanceVariableTemplate there, but since this
is not created through a factory, chances seem slim to do so.
So the question remains, how I can generate:
private @SpecialAnnotation AbstractPanel myPanel = null;
instead of:
private SomeSpecialPanel myPanel = null;
If a SomeSpecialPanel is dropped in the editor.
Thanks,
Kaspar
PS: Patching BeanPartFactory would be a solution, I guess, but obviously
not a nice one...
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