Re: [ease-dev] Could EASE helper modules have only a static public inter

[Christian Pontesegger <christian.pontesegger@xxxxxx>]

Hi

On 25.11.2014 19:39, Paul D. Fernhout wrote:
> > org.eclipse.ease.modules.platform.UIModule.setClipboard("hello");
>
>     Java class "org.eclipse.ease.modules.platform.UIModule" has no 
> public instance field or method named "setClipboard".
>
> > org.eclipse.ease.modules.platform.UIModule().setClipboard("hello");
>
>     [null]

First I was not aware that you may skip the "new" keyword in js, thanks 
for showing me a new trick :)

For the functions: some methods require access to the running script 
engine. Eg resources need it to resolve relative files. Same applies for 
UIModule.executeUI(). Does not work for static methods as we need engine 
specific information here. As multiple engines might run concurrently, 
we cannot use statics here.

Some other methods could be static, so we can think of changing them. 
Question is, if this helps, because your first example of accessing 
methods would only work for some methods, while the latter would work 
for any method.

--
Christian