Christofer, Thanks for writing that up ! I think I'm going to try to generate my own ActionScript classes now. However, I guess for BlazeDS, I would need the *.gsp templates, right ? You mention below that you are willing share yours ? That would be greatly appreciated !
Thanks again for your hard work. It's great to see some high quality documentation for FM. -Grant. On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Christofer Dutz < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > May I ask why you need such a tool? > > I know the classes generated by GraniteDS per default use Granite > classes on the flex side, but I simply created custom templates to > generate classes that don't need them. > > The only place where I currently see a real dependency to some > GraniteDS stuff would be on the Server-Side in conjunction with > services for wich I want to create flex clients using the > remote-template. That GraniteDS @RemoteDestination annotation > currently seems to be the only dependency I would need and my solution > to this would be to simply create an annotation of that type (same > package and Name) and to use that together with a custom template in > the Generator. > > I think it would be a good Idea to simply post my Templates together > with the documentation cause currently this works without any helpers. > > But I'm certainly interested in your solution if it is a better solution > :-) > So I would be glad, if you could point out some benefits of your > solution in contrast to mine. > > Chris > > > > 2011/10/27 David Vree <[email protected]>: > > Christofer -- that is good stuff. Like you, I use the generate goal > > to create classes that work with BlazeDS. In my case, I felt the need > > to avoid using any GraniteDS annotations in my code partially because > > I didn't want the extra dependency and partially because I already > > have Spring and JPA annotations that should have been enough. I've > > written a tool I call gas3-helper which overrides some of the classes > > in GAS3 via flexmojo configuration: > > > > > > <extraOptions> > > <!-- Customized remote destination factory class --> > > > > > <remoteDestinationFactory>com.mycorp.gas3helper.ServiceRemoteDestinationFactory</ > > remoteDestinationFactory> > > <!-- Customized transformer class --> > > > <transformer>com.mycorp.gas3helper.EnhancedJavaAs3GroovyTransformer</ > > transformer> > > <!-- Customized type mapper --> > > <as3typefactory>com.mycorp.gas3helper.EnhancedAs3TypeFactory</ > > as3typefactory> > > </extraOptions> > > > > I have Maven compile my custom templates into this JAR and then I add > > the JAR to flexmojos as a dependency. I then pull the templates out > > of this JAR as follows: > > > > <plugin> > > <!-- Used to pull the Groovy templates for code > generation from the > > Gas3-Helper JAR --> > > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > > <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> > > <executions> > > <execution> > > > <id>unpack-custom-groovy-templates</id> > > <!-- Using the initialize phase > because it is before the generate > > sources phase --> > > <phase>initialize</phase> > > <goals> > > <!-- Using the unpack goal > because gas3-helper is not a > > dependency of this module --> > > <goal>unpack</goal> > > </goals> > > <configuration> > > <artifactItems> > > <artifactItem> > > <!-- > Artifact Holds our custom templates --> > > > <groupId>com.mycorp</groupId> > > > <artifactId>gas3-helper</artifactId> > > > <version>${gas3helper.version}</version> > > > <type>jar</type> > > </artifactItem> > > </artifactItems> > > > <includes>**/*.gsp</includes> > > > <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/target/templates</ > > outputDirectory> > > </configuration> > > </execution> > > </executions> > > </plugin> > > > > Because my gas3-helper project is a tool, my company has no problem if > > I open source it. I don't have time, but you've done such a good job > > documenting all this, if you wish to create a gas3-blazeds open source > > project, I'd be happy to send you my notes and the project. I'd also > > be happy to be a contributor, I just don't have time (or knowledge) to > > set it all up. > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 7:22 am, Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I just updated my documentation of how to configure Flexmojos Code > >> generation in my wiki ... I extended it with the description of one of > >> the new features of FM4-RC2 (custom templates in the classpath) ... > >> perhaps it helps someone. > https://dev.c-ware.de/confluence/display/PUBLIC/Generating+your+model > >> > >> Chris > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Flex Mojos" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos > > > > http://flexmojos.sonatype.org/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Flex Mojos" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos > > http://flexmojos.sonatype.org/ > -- Grant Smith - V.P. 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