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XTend code generation and comments [message #1750734]

Tue, 27 December 2016 11:29

Eclipse User

I noticed that the XTend infrastructure does not copy all comments over to the generated java file. Comments of the form "/*...*/" are copied but not comments of the form "//...".

Can I turn it on?
Is it implemented at all?

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1750735 is a reply to message #1750734]

Tue, 27 December 2016 11:31

Eclipse User

No you can't
The copying is done manually in the xtend impl

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1750736 is a reply to message #1750735]

Tue, 27 December 2016 11:41

Eclipse User

Actually comments are not always copied.

For example the xtend code below:

package flax.sandbox

/* comment 1 */
class Test {
    /* comment 2 */
    def void doSomething(String /* comment3 */ myParameter) {
        /* comment 4*/
    }
}

is transformed into:

package flax.sandbox;

/**
 * comment 1
 */
@SuppressWarnings("all")
public class Test {
  /**
   * comment 2
   */
  public void doSomething(final String myParameter) {
  }
}

This would be handy for IDE that parses stuff from comments (i.e IntelliJ IDEA todo feature).

Is that worth a feature request?

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1750737 is a reply to message #1750736]

Tue, 27 December 2016 11:59

Eclipse User

yes but xtext handles this (TODO/TASK Markers) stuff on the source base, not on the generated java base.
i dont know what is implemented in the xtext idea code base (there is no maintainer on it right now)

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1750739 is a reply to message #1750737]

Tue, 27 December 2016 12:17

Eclipse User

Apparenty nothing has been implemented yet with regards to TODO.

I am seriously considering contributing to the idea code base because there are many issues that need to get solved.

Who should I contact for that?

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1750740 is a reply to message #1750739]

Tue, 27 December 2016 12:21

Eclipse User

id write to the xtext-dev mailing list https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/xtext-dev

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1836433 is a reply to message #1750735]

Mon, 04 January 2021 05:04

Eclipse User

Hi, Is this implemented yet to convert all the comments from xtend to Java including // comments ? Thanks

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1836454 is a reply to message #1836433]

Mon, 04 January 2021 12:24

Eclipse User

no, xtend handles no // comments

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1836650 is a reply to message #1750735]

Mon, 11 January 2021 04:53

Eclipse User

Hi. Additionally another question related to below code.

/* comment 1 */
class Test {
/* comment 2 */
def void doSomething(String /* comment3 */ myParameter) {
/* comment 4*/
}
}

Can we now convert all the block comments above from xtend to java or still comment 1 and comment 2 only converted yet ? Thanks in advance.

Re: XTend code generation and comments [message #1836651 is a reply to message #1836650]

Mon, 11 January 2021 06:11

Eclipse User

only method and class and field comments

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