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WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #721918]

Sat, 03 September 2011 11:36

Eclipse User

I have posted an WIKI article on to extend Sapphire Wizard and register them using plugin.xml @ http://wiki.eclipse.org/Extending_Sapphire_Wizard

Hope it helps someone and also allows the community to add any additional information/knowledge that I might have missed.

~Kamesh

[Updated on: Sat, 03 September 2011 11:38] by Moderator

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #721980 is a reply to message #721918]

Sat, 03 September 2011 17:52

Eclipse User

Hi Kamesh,

Thats a really good start. I've tried the same and came up with a bit another approach, due to the fact that IModelElement cannot be hook up to a Resource after its creation (see: http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/237700/)

I really like the support here, so if there's any interest in my code, you can use it:

https://github.com/knowing/Knowing/blob/sapphire-model/de.lmu.ifi.dbs.knowing.ui/src/de/lmu/ifi/dbs/knowing/ui/wizard/SapphireCreateWizard.java

and a reference implementation

https://github.com/knowing/Knowing/blob/sapphire-model/de.lmu.ifi.dbs.knowing.ui/src/de/lmu/ifi/dbs/knowing/ui/wizard/NewDPUWizard.java

cheers,
Muki

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #722057 is a reply to message #721980]

Sun, 04 September 2011 02:48

Eclipse User

thanks for the references Muki, please feel free to update the WIKI page with your updates.

[Updated on: Sun, 04 September 2011 02:49] by Moderator

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #722073 is a reply to message #722057]

Sun, 04 September 2011 05:23

Eclipse User

Hi,

I mentioned it in my class and on the Wiki Page, that SapphireWizard<M> declares addPages and performFinish as final, which keeps me of extending this class.

Is it possible to change these declarations in the next release? I'll open a enhancement ticket for this.

[Update]
I choose to comment on this report: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=353252

cheers,
Muki

[Updated on: Sun, 04 September 2011 05:29] by Moderator

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #722085 is a reply to message #722073]

Sun, 04 September 2011 07:22

Eclipse User

Hi Muki,

Before we go ahead and open the ticket did you try using the postPerformFinish() and just use the super.addPage(page) method to add any additional pages that might be required.

Let us know if that solves the problem.

I personally believe that we can remove the modifiers and the subclasses can overide these methods and add their pages either to the front of sdef defined pages or to the back of sdef defined pages, right now if we add our page using super.addPage it will be added only after the sdef wizard pages.

I leave this topic for further brainstrom, and we can decide based on Konstantin's reply as to why they were made final ?

~Kamesh

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #722086 is a reply to message #722085]

Sun, 04 September 2011 07:25

Eclipse User

Hi Kamesh,

super.addPages(..) won't really fix it, because in my option you first choose your resource and
than configure it. So as you mentioned

Quote:

..,right now if we add our page using super.addPage it will be added only after the sdef wizard pages.

IMHO the final declaration isn't really needed here.

cheers,
Muki

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #722088 is a reply to message #722086]

Sun, 04 September 2011 07:33

Eclipse User

yeah i too feel the same, if we can remove the final modifer on the addPages of the SapphireWizard it can help us to place the pages either before Sapphire Wizard or after the Sapphire Wizard pages. It will give us the deal of extensibility.

I feel good if you can open the ticket for this where we need to remove the final modifiers on "peformFinish" and "addPages" and lets track it to closure. this will also allow Konstantin's view on the same.

An one more correction or suggestion from your Wizard class, if you are using a Model class for Wizard then then model class should be IExcutableModelElement and not just IModel element, please refer to the EZbug sample.

[Updated on: Sun, 04 September 2011 07:35] by Moderator

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #722097 is a reply to message #722088]

Sun, 04 September 2011 08:23

Eclipse User

I opend a ticket: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=356674

Quote:

An one more correction or suggestion from your Wizard class, if you are using a Model class for Wizard then then model class should be IExcutableModelElement and not just IModel element, please refer to the EZbug sample.

I thought about that. IMHO there's nothing to execute, when you create a file.
However I will change it in my class, because I'm not that deep into sapphire.

Re: WIKI Article - Extending Sapphire Wizards [message #722130 is a reply to message #722097]

Sun, 04 September 2011 11:28

Eclipse User

> I thought about that. IMHO there's nothing to execute, when you create a file.

A wizard represents an operation rather than a file. You might be gathering data to create a file, but you are still gathering that data into the state of an operation that will create a file when user clicks on Finish button... which will execute the operation.

Hope that is more clear. If you take a look at the EzBug sample, IBugReport is the model element that's re-used for file editor, wizard, etc., for the wizard IFileBugReportOp represents an operation that holds an IBugReport.

- Konstantin

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