[forge-dev] Persistence Model Generator

[Ken Finnigan]

In a Maven sense I'm pretty sure they run in compile phase, though there is
also a Maven plugin I've found to run annotation processors directly, so we
could take either approach.


On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Lincoln Baxter, III <
lincolnbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at kenfinnigan.me> 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 at gmail.com> 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 at kenfinnigan.me> 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
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>>> "Keep it Simple"
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Lincoln Baxter, III
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