Re: [wtp-dev] Piggy backing onto a wizard?

[raccah@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks, David.  Please see inline below.

David M Williams wrote:
> Rochelle,
>
> Eventually this sounds like a question for the DTP project, since you 
> refer to the JDBC Wizard, which I assume would be theirs.
> And, as with most Eclipse lists, they'd probably prefer you ask on the 
> newsgroup, instead of the committers mailing list.

I'd appreciate a pointer - I'm a newbie here and so far this is the only 
list I'm on.  It's probably not quite the right list =).

> And, I'll give one pointer.
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_Can_I_reuse_wizards_from_other_plug-ins%3F
>
> It is best to do what you want by you providing your own wizard, and 
> then use _pages_ from other wizards. But, even then, you need to make 
> sure those other wizards are intended for re-use (that is, are API, etc.).
This is very helpful, but I'm having trouble finding the code and 
whether it's an API.  Is there a strict package naming convention?  I 
debugged and stopped the debugger enough to find that the name of the 
wizard page class is 
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.wizards.NewConnectionProfileWizardPage
I found the source by browsing here 
<http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity/plugins/org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui/src/org/eclipse/datatools/connectivity/ui/wizards/NewConnectionProfileWizardPage.java?root=Datatools_Project&view=log>
I found that this package is an exported package in the manifest, but 
adding a dependency and trying to use it got me a ClassCastException. I 
suspect it's because of this code in the page I want to reuse:
String providerID = ((NewConnectionProfileWizard) getWizard()) 
.getProfileProviderID();

Of course, my wizard is not of that type.  So, it seems to me I'm out of 
luck.  Is that assessment correct?

Thanks again for your help!
Rochelle
		
> Hope this helps,
>
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> From: 	raccah@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: 	wtp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 	04/04/2008 07:51 PM
> Subject: 	[wtp-dev] Piggy backing onto a wizard?
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> I'll need to create an xml file where I collect general DB connection
> information from a user in addition to a few other inputs. I've seen the
> JDBC connection wizard.  Is it possible for me to add a wizard to
> another category that is made up of the JDBC connection wizard + my
> extra input and to access the collected info in order to populate my own
> xml file?
>
> Thanks,
> Rochelle
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