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Accessing the `IBuildContext` from the `IShouldGenerate` [message #1787227]

Tue, 22 May 2018 11:28

Eclipse User

I would like to run the generator only when a clean build was explicitly triggered from Eclipse. In other words; no generation should run after saving the editor. The `BuilderParticipant` has the `shouldGenerate` service that I can customize, and that seems to be a perfect location to bail the generation. Unfortunately, the `IShouldGenerate`'s `shouldGenerate(Resource, CancelIndicator)` method lacks the `IBuildContext` information. Is there a way to customize either the `BuildParticipant` or the `IShouldGenerate` implementation to be able to access the `BuildType` information from the build context? So I can avoid running the generator. But I would be happy with any other approaches as well. Thanks!

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