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Deploying xtext features [message #1716548]

Fri, 04 December 2015 12:54

Eclipse User

I have an xtext DSL created from an existing ecore model and built with maven, but opening the editor for the DSL in the deployed user environment results in an injection exception (see attached). What could cause such exceptions?

The error occurs only on the deployed feature in a user environment (which has all the dependencies installed, including the ecore model on which the DSL is based).

One of the exceptions mentions a missing '.xmi' file, but that doesn't seem to be generated by Xtext, and is not present in the development environment where the editor does work.

I'm not sure if this could be the reason but in my pom files I have configured the tycho-compiler-plugin so that it doesn't copy resources, and therefore only class files in source folders are packaged. I'm wondering if there are some non-class files generated by xtext and/or xtend that we should be packaging? Do we need to package the .xtextbin/.xtendbin files?

I'm also attaching the workflow, in case that provides any hints.

Thanks

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Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1716552 is a reply to message #1716548]

Fri, 04 December 2015 13:28

Eclipse User

In this case have a look for the .xtextbin file

Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1716556 is a reply to message #1716552]

Fri, 04 December 2015 14:19

Eclipse User

So is that the reason? We need to package the .xtextbin files? Anything else?

Is there any documentation about these files?

Thanks

Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1716561 is a reply to message #1716556]

Fri, 04 December 2015 15:19

Eclipse User

Don't know any docs on this. You should package the same core Gen model and plugin.xml as well. You may have a look at build.properties (I don't understand why you don't use tycho defaults

Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1716562 is a reply to message #1716561]

Fri, 04 December 2015 15:26

Eclipse User

The gen model is in a separate plugin (as the grammar was generated from an existing ecore model, not the other way around), and it is packaged in that plugin.

We don't want our deployed artifacts to include anything other than what is strictly necessary. Using the tycho defaults results in packaging xtend source files, ._trace files, the ANTLR .g and .tokens, and other things that are not needed at runtime.

By the way, there are both .xtextbin files and .xtendbin files. Are both necessary, or just the .xtextbin file(s)?

Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1716563 is a reply to message #1716562]

Fri, 04 December 2015 15:28

Eclipse User

No they are not necessary

Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1716569 is a reply to message #1716563]

Fri, 04 December 2015 16:40

Eclipse User

Apparently the ANTLR .tokens file is also necessary. After adding the following to the xtext's project pom.xml it works:

		<resources>
			<resource>
				<targetPath>org/eclipse/papyrusrt/xtumlrt/xtext</targetPath>
				<directory>src-gen/org/eclipse/papyrusrt/xtumlrt/xtext</directory>
				<includes>
					<include>Umlrt.xtextbin</include>
				</includes>
			</resource>
			<resource>
				<targetPath>org/eclipse/papyrusrt/xtumlrt/xtext/parser/antlr/internal</targetPath>
				<directory>src-gen/org/eclipse/papyrusrt/xtumlrt/xtext/parser/antlr/internal</directory>
				<includes>
					<include>InternalUmlrt.tokens</include>
				</includes>
			</resource>
		</resources>

Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1779504 is a reply to message #1716569]

Mon, 08 January 2018 16:45

Eclipse User

Thanks for posting this, Ernesto. These two files are indeed needed in the distribution, otherwise an error like this is thrown:

org.eclipse.xtext.resource.FileNotFoundOnClasspathException: Couldn't find resource on classpath. URI was 'classpath:/tld/domain/my/package/MyLanguage.xmi'

I suppose Xtext looks for the .xmi file as a fallback if the .xtextbin can not be located.

Re: Deploying xtext features [message #1779508 is a reply to message #1779504]

Mon, 08 January 2018 17:24

Eclipse User

Yes that the fallback / the way it was done in Stone Age Xtext (backw. Compatibility)

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