Couldn't arbitrary JS support be added using deferred binding? Sure, you wouldn't be able to do code completion, but you could call arbitrary JS functions & variables with 0-overhead. Might be a cool project to do (if Ray hasn't already done it :D).
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Bobby <[email protected]> wrote: > > I finally got the GData library to compile inside a GWT 1.6 test app. > Now it's down to testing. > > I'm considering auto generating a test app as well, otherwise i won't > be able to find out what's broken, otherwise i have to test each class > manually. > > It looks good at this point but i'm antecipating plenty of headaches > in testing. > > Bobby > > On Apr 20, 6:51 pm, Bobby <[email protected]> wrote: > > The GData JS API is doing some fancy stuff to be able to POST data > > across domains, etc, it's also fairly large (in number of classes) and > > it's missing some large GData components (for Google Docs and > > Spreadsheets). All of this i'm guessing is why Google doesn't have a > > GWT library out for GData yet. I wouldn't want to code this manually > > but i if i can automate it then it's ok. > > > > > I'd rather wait to see some code ;-) > > > (and I have so many projects yet that I don't have time to update...) > > > > Oh right, no chance, it's now or never (or whenever you feel like up > > to it, just let me know). > > > > I'm counting on being able to auto-generate a decent wrapper without > > much difficulty, if this becomes complex or beyond my means i'll just > > let Google worry about it. This is why i want to test a rough version > > of the wrapper ASAP. > > > > Anyway thanks for all the pointers, i'll post more questions here as > > they come up. > > > > Bobby > > > > On Apr 20, 6:04 pm, Thomas Broyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Bobby wrote: > > > > > > I realize that your getConstant approach has an initialization > > > > overhead but i'm going to overlook that so that i can get the > > > > generated library to a point where i can test it and then come back > > > > and revisit this. This will be more complex because the GData JS > > > > implementation allows "namespaces" to be loaded dynamically as > needed. > > > > > Given that the protocol is clearly defined and documented, I wonder if > > > a "pure GWT" implementation wouldn't be better... > > > Well, eventually, that could be your "v2.0" ;-) > > > > > > On the return type of the JS methods that receive callbacks, most > > > > likely these methods return void, i think that's just the way the > > > > JSDocs display - otherwise they would have to display that as > > > > void updateEntry(<google.gdata.Entry function(Object)> continuation, > > > > <google.gdata.Entry function(Error)> opt_errorHandler). > > > > > Er, you probably mean void updateEntry(<void > > > function(google.gdata.Entry)> continuation, <void function(Error)> > > > opt_errorHandler) > > > > > > This type of ambiguity is why an 100% auto-generate is not going to > > > > happen - in addition to this there are a couple of classes missing > > > > from the JS Docs (i'll just fill those in from the GData Java docs). > > > > > Well, I don't know what you're generating from, but it could be as > > > easy as "if the method takes 2 arguments of type function, the second > > > one taking an Error argument, then convert them to an AsyncCallback<T> > > > where T is the method's documented return type, and make the method > > > actually have a void return type". > > > > > > I like the idea of using an intermediate class to handle the > > > > callbacks, i think you mentioned this in your original reply and i > > > > missed it. > > > > > Hmm, not quite sure what you're talking about... > > > > > > If you're interested, and since you already put some time here i can > > > > add you as a member of this project: > > > >http://code.google.com/p/gdata-gwt-client/ > > > > This way you get some credit. > > > > > I'd rather wait to see some code ;-) > > > (and I have so many projects yet that I don't have time to update...) > > > > > > This is a key library for GWT in my > > > > opinion and it's missing - Google says they don't have plans to do > > > > this right now so it's a good opportunity. > > > > > Probably because they'd rather do it in GWT than as a GWT wrapper > > > around the JS API, which is a bit more work probably... > > > (and they'd have to have time to maintain it, etc.) > > > > > Anyway, good luck ;-) > > > > > -- > > > Thomas Broyer- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" 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/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
