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Formatter2: how to correctly format a block (indentation) [message #1693828]

Tue, 28 April 2015 10:58

Eclipse User

Hey,

I'm trying to format something like this:

enumeration Enum1 {
	
	
			/** documentation */
		literal A;
	
	/** documentation */
literal B;
	
		literal C;
	
}

my formatter2 based formatting code looks like this:

	def dispatch void format(Enumeration enumeration, extension IFormattableDocument document) {
		enumeration.regionForKeyword("{").append[newLine; increaseIndentation]
		for (EnumerationLiteral literals : enumeration.getLiterals()) {
			format(literals, document);
		}
		enumeration.regionForKeyword("}").prepend[newLine; decreaseIndentation].append[newLine]
	}

the format(EnumerationLiteral) method does /not/ exist - it seems that the formatter2 fragment only generates methods for things that contain other elements - which the literals do not. Is it a problem that this method is not there? The default is an empty method enyhow, and actually I don't (currently) want to format the literal itself.

When run, the above code produces this:

enumeration Enum1 {
	/** documentation */
	literal A;
	
	/** documentation */
literal B;
	
		literal C;
}

which is close, but not quite there Wink

Whey is the indentation of the first comment and literal corrected, but the other literals stay where they are?

Any hints appreciated!

P.S.: good thing is that the first comment is formatted correctly, which was not possible with the old formatting API.

Re: Formatter2: how to correctly format a block (indentation) [message #1693852 is a reply to message #1693828]

Tue, 28 April 2015 14:26

Eclipse User

looks like a bug to me (not generating the method)

but adding it and formatting the newline does the

def dispatch void format(EnumerationLiteral l, extension IFormattableDocument document) {
		l.prepend[newLine]
	}

[Updated on: Tue, 28 April 2015 14:27] by Moderator

Re: Formatter2: how to correctly format a block (indentation) [message #1693885 is a reply to message #1693852]

Wed, 29 April 2015 02:58

Eclipse User

Thanks, that helped Smile

Is there any way to influence the formatting of a ML_COMMENT (or any other hidden object)?

Re: Formatter2: how to correctly format a block (indentation) [message #1694096 is a reply to message #1693885]

Thu, 30 April 2015 10:18

Eclipse User

ping

Re: Formatter2: how to correctly format a block (indentation) [message #1694111 is a reply to message #1694096]

Thu, 30 April 2015 11:00

Eclipse User

if i knew the aswer i would have answered

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