Re: [forge-dev] Generate Code with Forge

I was meaning just clone it ;) Nice to hear about the scaffolding plugin. 2011/10/23 Paul Bakker <paul.bakker.nl(a)gmail.com&gt; > Hi Rafael, > > What do you mean by clone and forge the project? On github you can just > clone the plugin-arquillian project and start hacking on it. > Formatting is a bit of a problem, that doesn't work very well now with the > builder API. Maybe Lincoln can say more about that? > > Note that within a few weeks Forge will have a new scaffolding plugin > built-in, that does basically something that you are doing in your plugin. > > Paul > > On Oct 23, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Rafael Pestano wrote: > > I've managed to clone forge repo with this address > https://github.com/forge/core.git now, i was using the old > github.com/seam/forge.git. > > 2011/10/23 Rafael Pestano <rmpestano(a)gmail.com&gt; >> >>> Hello Paul, thanks for your enlightening reply. >>> >>> The plugin is about a code generator for a home made Java EE6 framework >>> and for instance it will generate very simple xhtml and java classes, so for >>> example the generate-controller plugin would generate >>> >>> *@ViewAccessScoped >>> @Named("personMBean") >>> public class PersonMBean extends AbstractBaseMBean<Person> implements >>> Serializable, ModalObserver { >>> >>> @Inject >>> public void setPersonService(PersonService personService) {*//service >>> layer will be generated togheter* >>> super.setBaseService(personService); >>> } >>> >>> some other very simple methods >>> }* >>> >>> for the controller-plugin maybe i dont need to understand the model >>> class (just to import it) cause its just a matter of replacing parammeters >>> by the domain object but in the view-plugin it will be necessary for sure. >>> >>> Another concern i have is how to format the generated code? maybe the >>> velocity template could help on that. >>> >>> Ive seen the Arquillian example, how can i clone it and forge project? >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2011/10/23 Paul Bakker <paul.bakker.nl(a)gmail.com&gt; >>> >>>> Hi Rafael, >>>> >>>> There are two things you need to do: >>>> 1) "understand" the Person class >>>> 2) generate new code >>>> >>>> >>>> 1) >>>> You can use a command parameter to get the Person class: @Option(name = >>>> "class", required = true, type = PromptType.JAVA_CLASS) JavaResource >>>> classUnderTest >>>> >>>> JavaResource is a rich file representation of the class. >>>> Now you can use the JavaSourceFacet to get information about the class >>>> itself: >>>> >>>> JavaSourceFacet java = project.getFacet(JavaSourceFacet.class); >>>> JavaSource<?> javaSource = classUnderTest.getJavaSource(); >>>> >>>> javaSource has methods such as getPackage() etc. >>>> >>>> 2) >>>> Now you have to generate code. There are two ways to do this, depending >>>> on your needs. >>>> The most elegant way is to use the "JavaParser" builder API: >>>> >>>> JavaClass javaClass = JavaParser.create(JavaClass.class) >>>> .setPackage(entityPackage) >>>> .setName(entityName) >>>> .setPublic() >>>> .addAnnotation(Entity.class).getOrigin() >>>> .addInterface(Serializable.class); >>>> Field<JavaClass> id = javaClass.addField("private Long id = null;"); >>>> …. >>>> >>>> My experience is that this works best for small classes. If you need to >>>> generate a lot of code it might be better to use a tempting framework such >>>> as Apache Velocity. >>>> You can find an example of this in the code of the Arquillian plugin: >>>> https://github.com/forge/plugin-arquillian/blob/master/src/main/java/org/... >>>> >>>> You can just add Velocity to your pom file and it will work. >>>> >>>> If you have any more questions, let us know! What kind of plugin are >>>> you writing? >>>> >>>> Paul Bakker >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 23, 2011, at 2:26 AM, Rafael Pestano wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> this is my first mail to this list and id like to congratulate the >>>> Forge team for their work. >>>> >>>> my question is, what's the best way to generate .java, .xhtml files >>>> with forge? >>>> >>>> Id like to write a plugin which would receive an entity class as >>>> parameter and generate some code on top of it, eg: >>>> >>>> $ generate-service Person >>>> $ generate-controller Person >>>> $ generate-view Person >>>> >>>> >>>> Where Person is a domain object, is it possible with Forge? if yes, >>>> whats the best way? >>>> >>>> >>>> thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> <http://www.advancedit.com.br/>Att, >>>> >>>> Rafael M. Pestano >>>> >>>> Desenvolvedor Java Cia. de Processamento de Dados do Rio Grande do Sul >>>> Graduando em Ciência da Computação UFRGS >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> forge-dev mailing list >>>> forge-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/forge-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> <http://www.advancedit.com.br/>Att, >>> >>> Rafael M. Pestano >>> >>> Desenvolvedor Java Cia. de Processamento de Dados do Rio Grande do Sul >>> Graduando em Ciência da Computação UFRGS >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> <http://www.advancedit.com.br/>Att, >> >> Rafael M. Pestano >> >> Desenvolvedor Java Cia. de Processamento de Dados do Rio Grande do Sul >> Graduando em Ciência da Computação UFRGS >> > > > > > -- > <http://www.advancedit.com.br/>Att, > > Rafael M. 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