Re: [forge-dev] Persistence Model Generator

Forgive me for asking something I could easily google, but where do annotation processors fit into the development lifecycle? I admit I've never used one (that I know of.) It would probably help if I did before giving too much feedback ;) ~Lincoln On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Ken Finnigan <ken(a)kenfinnigan.me&gt; wrote: > Ok, part way through writing this email I realized it probably makes some > sense to break it down a bit more. > > Now I'm thinking we need an AnnotationProcessor interface with methods > like: > > String getClassName() > String getOptions() > String getSourceDirectory() > String getOutputDirectory() > List<Dependency> getDependencies() > > > Then the AnnotationProcessorFacet methods would be: > > addAnnotationProcessor(AnnotationProcessor processor) > removeAnnotationProcessor(AnnotationProcessor processor) > List<AnnotationProcessor> getAnnotationProcessors() > processAnnotations() > processAnnotation(AnnotationProcessor processor) > > That's some real thinking on the fly so any other thoughts/enhancements > are most welcome! > > Ken > > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Lincoln Baxter, III < > lincolnbaxter(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> Hmm, >> >> Good questions. I think #2 would probably be the easiest, but we could >> offer #1 as an alternative for those who don't want to use the maven build >> plugin. >> >> I think #3 would probably be the most robust for future use. What kinds >> of methods are you thinking of including for the facet? >> >> ~Lincoln >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Ken Finnigan <ken(a)kenfinnigan.me&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hey Lincoln, >>> >>> Have been working on adding JPA model generation to the persistence >>> plugin over the last few days and have been mulling over the best way to >>> implement it and wanted to get your thoughts. >>> >>> I see that there are a few possibilities: >>> >>> 1) Call the NativeMethodExec utility to call javac for running >>> annotation processing only. >>> 2) Add an annotation processing profile to the pom as part of the >>> install of the plugin (if they select they want model gen), and then >>> performing the model gen would execute the maven to process and generate >>> annotations >>> 3) An extension of 2 would be to make an AnnotationProcessorFacet, and >>> then do 2 as a Maven implementation of that facet. >>> >>> After thinking about it today I think 3 seems the most flexible, but >>> wanted to get your thoughts. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Ken >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lincoln Baxter, III >> http://ocpsoft.com >> http://scrumshark.com >> "Keep it Simple" >> > > -- Lincoln Baxter, III http://ocpsoft.com http://scrumshark.com "Keep it Simple"