| [GEF3] File changed outside editor [message #1752825] |
Fri, 27 January 2017 18:41  |
 Stefan Winkler
Messages: 307
Registered: July 2009
Location: Germany |
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Hi all,
when I have a text editor open in Eclipse and the underlying file is changed on the file system outside the editor, I get a MessageDialog which asks if the editors contents shall be reloaded with the changed file.
I need something like this in GEF. I have had a look, but I didn't find any builtin solution (have I missed something?)
Therefore, I have implemented something myself:
// Xtend code:
def checkForFileModification()
{
val file = editorInput.getAdapter(IFile)
if (file != null)
{
// I remember the last known modification stamp in a field in my editor class
if (file.getModificationStamp() != modificationStamp)
{
if (isDirty())
{
val answer = MessageDialog.openQuestion(site.shell,
"File changed", '''Do you want to reload the file?''')
if (!answer)
{
// do not read the file, but remember the modification stamp so we won't ask the user again
modificationStamp = file.getModificationStamp()
return
}
}
// reload file contents
readModelFromFile()
}
}
I call this method from a few central places (e.g., commandStackChanged, partActivated), as I have seen the TextEditor does it similarly.
Now the question is how to implement readModelFromFile()?
I have tried this:
// read the resource.contents.get(0) from the IFile in the FileEditorInput
val model = getModel(getEditorInput())
getGraphicalViewer().setContents(model)
modificationStamp = file.getModificationStamp()
getCommandStack().flush()
But actually, this gives me SWTExceptions because GEF is trying to use disposed Color objects in my EditParts/Figures.
So, should I call something to clean up the graphicalViewer or the editor, before calling graphicalViewer.setContents() with a different model root object?
Does anyone know of some piece of example code which demonstrates file reloading when the underlying file changes?
Thanks in advance!
Best,
Stefan
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| Re: [GEF3] File changed outside editor [message #1752910 is a reply to message #1752825] |
Mon, 30 January 2017 14:56  |
Stefan Winkler
Messages: 307
Registered: July 2009
Location: Germany |
Senior Member |
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Hi all,
UPDATE:
after debugging a bit what is going on, I have figured out that my code above is generally correct. So, if anyone comes across this post, the above solution (getGraphicalViewer().setContents(newModel)) seems to work.
My problem was (and, more or less, still is) that I have created an additional custom layer on the root edit part (as described in several other posts in this forum), because I wanted that figure not to be scaled.
Now, when graphicalViewer.setContents() is called, this will remove the figure of the content (and all child figures recursively). But as my unscaled figure is located on another layer, it won't be removed.
Plus, during this call chain, editPart.removeChild or editPart.removeChildVisual are only called for the root edit part, not for the child edit parts, although the child edit parts are deactivated. Therefore, the figure remains alive while the edit part is deactivated. This leads to disposed resources in my case because the figure uses a Color object managed by the edit part.
I will try to add a hook to explicitly remove my stale figure or solve this another way.
Best,
Stefan
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