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new b493ae7c7a8 CAUSEWAY-3964: inspect arbitrary type (new UI actions)
b493ae7c7a8 is described below
commit b493ae7c7a863e66a8b2b43e45fcf30d59800ad3
Author: andi-huber <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 9 11:54:07 2026 +0100
CAUSEWAY-3964: inspect arbitrary type (new UI actions)
---
.../metamodel/CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel.java | 4 ++
.../inspect/model/MetamodelInspectMenu.java | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++
.../inspect/model/MetamodelInspectView.java | 18 ++++-
3 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git
a/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel.java
b/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel.java
index 51e2202f8fa..f0b1049c17e 100644
---
a/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel.java
+++
b/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.context.MetaModelContextFactory;
import
org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.facets.object.logicaltype.LogicalTypeMalformedValidator;
import
org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.inspect.CausewayModuleCoreMetamodelMixins;
+import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.inspect.model.MetamodelInspectMenu;
import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.inspect.model.MetamodelInspectView;
import
org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.progmodel.ProgrammingModelInitFilterDefault;
import
org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.services.appfeat.ApplicationFeatureRepositoryDefault;
@@ -199,6 +200,9 @@
// standalone validators
LogicalTypeMalformedValidator.class,
+
+ // menubar contributions
+ MetamodelInspectMenu.class
})
public class CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel {
diff --git
a/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/inspect/model/MetamodelInspectMenu.java
b/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/inspect/model/MetamodelInspectMenu.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bdd9e1199f
--- /dev/null
+++
b/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/inspect/model/MetamodelInspectMenu.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.inspect.model;
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Named;
+
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.Action;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.ActionLayout;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.DomainService;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.DomainServiceLayout;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.MemberSupport;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.PriorityPrecedence;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.RestrictTo;
+import org.apache.causeway.commons.internal.context._Context;
+import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel;
+import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.context.MetaModelContext;
+
+@Named(CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel.NAMESPACE + ".MetamodelInspectMenu")
+@DomainService
+@DomainServiceLayout(
+ named = "Prototyping",
+ menuBar = DomainServiceLayout.MenuBar.SECONDARY
+)
[email protected](PriorityPrecedence.MIDPOINT)
+public class MetamodelInspectMenu {
+
+ @Action(restrictTo = RestrictTo.PROTOTYPING)
+ @ActionLayout(named = "Inspect type", cssClassFa = "solid shapes")
+ public MetamodelInspectView inspect(String fullyQualifiedClassName) {
+ return inspect(fullyQualifiedClassName, ()->null);
+ }
+ @MemberSupport
+ public String validate0Inspect(String fullyQualifiedClassName) {
+ return validateClassName(fullyQualifiedClassName);
+ }
+
+ // -- UTIL
+
+ static MetamodelInspectView inspect(String fullyQualifiedClassName,
Supplier<MetamodelInspectView> fallback) {
+ try {
+ var classOfInterest =
_Context.loadClass(fullyQualifiedClassName);
+ return MetaModelContext.instance()
+ .map(MetaModelContext::getSpecificationLoader)
+
.map(specLoader->specLoader.loadSpecification(classOfInterest))
+ .map(MetamodelInspectView::root)
+ .orElseGet(fallback);
+ } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+ // unexpected, as covered by validate
+ }
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ static String validateClassName(String fullyQualifiedClassName) {
+ try {
+ _Context.loadClass(fullyQualifiedClassName);
+ } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+ return e.getMessage();
+ }
+ return null;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git
a/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/inspect/model/MetamodelInspectView.java
b/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/inspect/model/MetamodelInspectView.java
index 0fe7d975c3f..09016ab5d2e 100644
---
a/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/inspect/model/MetamodelInspectView.java
+++
b/core/metamodel/src/main/java/org/apache/causeway/core/metamodel/inspect/model/MetamodelInspectView.java
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
import jakarta.inject.Named;
-import org.apache.causeway.applib.CausewayModuleApplib;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.Action;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.ActionLayout;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.ActionLayout.Position;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.DomainObject;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.Editing;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.Introspection;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.LabelPosition;
+import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.MemberSupport;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.Nature;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.ObjectSupport;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.annotation.Property;
@@ -34,9 +37,10 @@
import org.apache.causeway.applib.graph.tree.TreePath;
import org.apache.causeway.applib.value.Markup;
import org.apache.causeway.commons.internal.base._Strings;
+import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel;
import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.spec.ObjectSpecification;
-@Named(CausewayModuleApplib.NAMESPACE + ".MetamodelInspectView")
+@Named(CausewayModuleCoreMetamodel.NAMESPACE + ".MetamodelInspectView")
@DomainObject(
nature=Nature.VIEW_MODEL,
editing = Editing.DISABLED,
@@ -88,6 +92,16 @@ public ObjectSupport.IconResource icon(final
ObjectSupport.IconSize iconSize) {
public Markup getDetails() {
return activeNode().details();
}
+
+ @Action
+ @ActionLayout(position = Position.PANEL, fieldSetId = "tree", named =
"Inspect other", cssClassFa = "solid shapes")
+ public MetamodelInspectView inspect(String fullyQualifiedClassName) {
+ return MetamodelInspectMenu.inspect(fullyQualifiedClassName, null);
+ }
+ @MemberSupport
+ public String validate0Inspect(String fullyQualifiedClassName) {
+ return MetamodelInspectMenu.validateClassName(fullyQualifiedClassName);
+ }
// -- IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
