...with a dynamically-generated schema since the set of legal constructs
depends on what is on the classpath...

Or something like that.

;-)

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Ed Merks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Kevin,
>
> It's almost like you need a model of the widgets. :-P
>
>
> Kevin McGuire wrote:
>
>
> Hi Ralf,
>
> > Yes, that's also our preferred approach. In RAP we have an extension
> > point for themeable widgets anyway (the RAP theming has to know about
> > themeable widgets to keep styling and layout in sync between client and
> > server). This is also a suitable place to register such an element name.
> > I'm not sure whether such an extension point would also be appropriate
> > for Eclipse in general. Who would have to register with such an
> > extension point? The component provider, e.g. Nebula?
>
> Agree, I think that's along the lines of how it would work.  Namespaces
> aside, for each extended widget, someone (presumably the widget component
> provider) needs to :
>
>    - publish the set of properties each widget supports so that a
>    developer knows what to write in the curly CSS brackets (and we may want 
> for
>    a validator),
>    - describe to the platform the class of the widget which will match the
>    name appearing in the CSS file,
>    - describe to the platform the methods to invoke matching those
>    property values.
>
>
> Kevin
>
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