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How to support user customization of a code generators Xtend2-based templates? [message #1017929]

Tue, 12 March 2013 20:23

Torsten Juergeleit

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Registered: July 2009

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While porting a code generator from Xtext 1.1 to Xtext 2.3 I'm wondering how to support user customization of the templates now embedded in Xtend2 classes. With Xpand AOP it was very easy to tweak the code generators default templates.

What kind of approach are you using to allow users to customize the templates shipped with your code generator?

Cheers,
Torsten

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Re: How to support user customization of a code generators Xtend2-based templates? [message #1020576 is a reply to message #1017929]

Mon, 18 March 2013 13:46

Jan Koehnlein

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You have to add it with plain Xtend / Java / Eclipse means, e.g. have a
customization properties class injected that is populated by reading
Eclipse preferences, a properties file or something similar.

Am 12.03.13 22:34, schrieb Torsten Juergeleit:
> While porting a code generator from Xtext 1.1 to Xtext 2.3 I'm wondering
> how to support user customization of the templates now embedded in
> Xtend2 classes. With Xpand AOP it was very easy to tweak the code
> generators default templates.
>
> What kind of approach are you using to allow users to customize the
> templates shipped with your code generator?
>
> Cheers,
> Torsten

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Re: How to support user customization of a code generators Xtend2-based templates? [message #1020775 is a reply to message #1020576]

Mon, 18 March 2013 22:26

Torsten Juergeleit

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Registered: July 2009

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What are your recommendations regarding support for template overriding?

Searching the web I found the following approaches (I'm not allowed to add URLs, therefore the corresponding URLs are omitted Embarrassed

hook template methods in the Xtend2 templates are used in the spray project
additional Xpand templates are used in Eclipse Texo

Any suggestions?

Jan Kohnlein wrote on Mon, 18 March 2013 09:46

You have to add it with plain Xtend / Java / Eclipse means, e.g. have a
customization properties class injected that is populated by reading
Eclipse preferences, a properties file or something similar.

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