Why don't you simply put such Constants.java file in the shared or
client package?
It seems to be much simpler solution than yours, isn't it?

br,
Mariusz

On Aug 16, 4:15 pm, Lothar Kimmeringer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is it possible to extend the GWT-compiler, that you can use constants
> being defined in classes that aren't client-classes to be used.
>
> In my client classes I often want to use functionalities on the server
> that are configured using magic number (int type, etc.) where a lot
> of constants already exist increasing readability and avoid typos.
>
> At the moment I need to use the numbers instead of the constants
> because I end up with the famous "No source code is available
> for type ...". Maybe the compiler can check if only final static
> primitives are accessed (for a start) and just copy the values of
> these fields to the client-source while compiling and just forget
> about the fact that a class outside the client-package was used.
>
> Best regards
>
> Lothar Kimmeringer

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