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Including external Resources in XtextResourceSet [message #630498]

Sun, 03 October 2010 11:31

Ovidio Mallo

Messages: 35
Registered: July 2009

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Hi all,

I'm currently learning Xtext by trying to implement a simple PL/SQL
editor for Eclipse. What is already working out-of-the-box are cross
references among different PL/SQL files within the same project. What I
would like to do now is including external PL/SQL code which is not in a
project file but rather on the database itself.
E.g. there are built-in PL/SQL procedures provided by the Oracle
database itself and I want to use/reference them in my own procedures so
what I'm trying to do is similar to using e.g. jar-libraries within the
CLASSPATH in Java.

The final goal would be to be able to reference those external PL/SQL
procedures just like any other resource and to open their content in a
read-only version of the normal Xtext editor when the user navigates to
those external resources.

Since I think that what I'm trying to do is rather common, I wanted to
ask what the best way of achieving my goal would be? Since the external
resources are not stored in project files, I was wondering whether I
would have to define my own type of URI which is then resolved through a
custom XtextResource/XtextResourceSet and opened again by a custom
IURIEditorOpener? Or is there a much simpler way to achieve the same goal?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help!

Kind regards,
Ovidio

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Re: Including external Resources in XtextResourceSet [message #630582 is a reply to message #630498]

Mon, 04 October 2010 09:29

Sven Efftinge

Messages: 1823
Registered: July 2009

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Am 10/3/10 1:31 PM, schrieb Ovidio Mallo:
> Since I think that what I'm trying to do is rather common, I wanted to
> ask what the best way of achieving my goal would be? Since the external
> resources are not stored in project files, I was wondering whether I
> would have to define my own type of URI which is then resolved through a
> custom XtextResource/XtextResourceSet and opened again by a custom
> IURIEditorOpener?

Yes, that's one way to do it.
You don't need your own XtextResource or ResourceSet but a special
URIConverter registered with your ResourceSet.

Exporting the scripts to a local project physically, would be the
easiest way and would allow to work in offline mode.

Sven

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Re: Including external Resources in XtextResourceSet [message #631209 is a reply to message #630582]

Wed, 06 October 2010 14:57

Ovidio Mallo

Messages: 35
Registered: July 2009

Member

Sven, thanks a lot for your feedback!

I think I will give it a try using the URIConverter in a first run but
you might be right that it could be easiert to physically store the
scripts in the workspace which might be a good idea anyway.

Thanks again & regards,
Ovidio

On 10/04/2010 11:29 AM, Sven Efftinge wrote:
> Am 10/3/10 1:31 PM, schrieb Ovidio Mallo:
>> Since I think that what I'm trying to do is rather common, I wanted to
>> ask what the best way of achieving my goal would be? Since the external
>> resources are not stored in project files, I was wondering whether I
>> would have to define my own type of URI which is then resolved through a
>> custom XtextResource/XtextResourceSet and opened again by a custom
>> IURIEditorOpener?
>
> Yes, that's one way to do it.
> You don't need your own XtextResource or ResourceSet but a special
> URIConverter registered with your ResourceSet.
>
> Exporting the scripts to a local project physically, would be the
> easiest way and would allow to work in offline mode.
>
> Sven
>

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