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How I can create a generator project for my DSL in Xtext? [message #1264850]

Wed, 05 March 2014 14:54

Zeinab Amouri

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Registered: March 2014

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Dear all,

I'm new in Eclipse Modeling Project. I need to implement a small DSL using Xtext, so I read the Xtext documentation and try to define my own language. But I can't create a generator project for my DSL. As written in Xtext Doc I should marked the "Create generator project" checkbox at first dialog box when I try to create my Xtext project. I use Eclipse Kepler Release and Xtext downloaded from Eclipse market. But there isn't such a option in my dialog box for creating Xtext project. How I can create a generator project in order to generate code from my DSL program?

Thanks in advance

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Re: How I can create a generator project for my DSL in Xtext? [message #1265133 is a reply to message #1264850]

Wed, 05 March 2014 19:15

Christian Dietrich

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Hi,

are you sure you are using the current doc.
for ages the generator is now contained in the runtime project (MyDslGenerator,xtend)

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Re: How I can create a generator project for my DSL in Xtext? [message #1265134 is a reply to message #1265133]

Wed, 05 March 2014 19:17

Christian Dietrich

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besides this there is http://kthoms.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/moving-an-xtend-generator-into-its-own-plugin/

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Re: How I can create a generator project for my DSL in Xtext? [message #1265513 is a reply to message #1265134]

Thu, 06 March 2014 07:38

Zeinab Amouri

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Is it means I should try to generate my code from mydsl.generator package inside the xtend-gen folder in *.mydsl project?
If I do so I will could declare a standalone compiler for my DSL in order to generate java code?

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Re: How I can create a generator project for my DSL in Xtext? [message #1265526 is a reply to message #1265513]

Thu, 06 March 2014 08:03

Christian Dietrich

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No the should be a file MyDslGenerator.Xtend you should edit. Please
have a look at the docs at www.eclipse.org/Xtend

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