Hi Frances,
I'm currently working on method arg/class field completion. As a first
step, I have integrated a full Java parser with the JDE. The next release
(next week sometime?) will include a parser command that allows the user to
parse the current source buffer to check for syntax errors. After that
release is out, I plan to write Lisp code that uses the parser to figure
out the class of the object at point, which in my view is the most
difficult task for a completion wizard to do. Once the class of the object
is determined, the wizard can easily figure out completion candidates,
using the Java reflection API. This implementation strategy is the result
of previous discussion in the list of the proposed completion feature.
Regards,
Paul
At 10:01 AM 5/7/99 -0400, Francis Korning wrote:
>so far I've seen a lot of discussion about the implementation
>of this import wizard through Refelection, etc...
>
>But one of the questions we may want to ask is, is the
>convenience of the import-wizard enough to justify all
>this work ? could this be applied elsewhere ?
>
>Do we really need an import-wizard ? How about a 'jde-tag-wiz' ?
>Why restrict ourselves to an import-wizard, when there are plenty
>of other instances when we need to complete a class or
>package name ?
>
>How about we parse for <a_base_path>.<a_partial_name>[TAB]
>and JDE then offers a completion-list of available sub-packages,
>classes, or methods/fields ?
>
>example 1:
>
> imports: if I type:
>
> import java.applet.App[TAB]
>
> I get a completion buffer containing:
>
> java.applet.Applet
> java.applet.AppletContext
>
>
>example 2:
>
> fully-qualified class:
>
> logibro.dev.tournet.javalib.util.F[TAB]
>
> I get:
>
> logibro.dev.tournet.javalib.util.Field
> logibro.dev.tournet.javalib.util.FieldFormat
>
>example 3:
>
> field/method completion: (here's where Reflection comes in)
>
> java.lang.System.getPr[TAB]
>
> I get:
>
> java.lang.System.getProperty
>
>
>You could even add in the method signatures to this
>later on. Start with fully-qualified names, and once
>that works add in completion for already imported/loaded
>packages/classes.
>
>
> Francis Korning
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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