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How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745268]

Fri, 07 October 2016 07:07

Olaf Bigalk

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I am experimenting with Xbase my first time. I want to generate code from my Xbase expressions I entered into my DSL but if I parse the Xbase expression object tree I find some bogus JvmVoidImplCustom objects.
I guess that there must be some linking behind the scenes.
How can I get the identifiers I entered to my expressions ?
What do I need to do ?
Is there some standard mechanism to privide Xbase with a set of valid identifieres ?

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Re: How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745283 is a reply to message #1745268]

Fri, 07 October 2016 09:34

Christian Dietrich

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i am not sure: JvmModelGenerator + XbaseCompiler asume to find a model that ran through the inferrer and XbaseTypeComputer having seen the complete expression tree.
so can you elabtorate what you are actually doing.

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Re: How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745291 is a reply to message #1745283]

Fri, 07 October 2016 10:49

Olaf Bigalk

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I am using XExpressions in my DSL but I am not using the JvmInferrer and I don't know the XbaseCompiler and XbaseTypeComputer.
Can I use the later ones outside the JvmInferrer ?
I want to generate Xtend instead of Java and I have my own Generator. I want to use the Xbase syntax to form java/xtend-like expressions and transform them into Xtend code in the end.

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Re: How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745304 is a reply to message #1745291]

Fri, 07 October 2016 11:48

Christian Dietrich

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generating xtend wont work anyway since the xtext builder wont pick up files generated by xtext. and yes you need a jvmmodelinferrer and types computer run to be able to generate from the expressions using the exising generator.

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Re: How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745354 is a reply to message #1745304]

Fri, 07 October 2016 20:15

Olaf Bigalk

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How does the TypesComputer work ? Do you have some code examples or a pointer ?

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Re: How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745357 is a reply to message #1745354]

Sat, 08 October 2016 05:30

Christian Dietrich

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From an API or from a impl point of view?

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Re: How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745358 is a reply to message #1745357]

Sat, 08 October 2016 05:35

Christian Dietrich

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I just reccommend you to have a look at the domain model example and see how

Inferrer (provides jvmmodelassociations and logical containers for expressions - e.g. To which field initializers and methods bodies which expression should be mapped

The type computer

And the xbase compiler

Play together and how to components are called

By do some debugging

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Re: How to generate code from Xbase expressions [message #1745363 is a reply to message #1745354]

Sat, 08 October 2016 10:23

Lorenzo Bettini

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Olaf Bigalk wrote on Fri, 07 October 2016 20:15

How does the TypesComputer work ? Do you have some code examples or a pointer ?

Besides having a look at the domain model example, Xbase and a few advanced concepts related to Xbase (like the type computer and compiler customization) are covered to some extent in the second edition of my Xtext book, https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/implementing-domain-specific-languages-xtext-and-xtend-second-edition

hope it helps
Lorenzo

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