Saving view as text format

[hyshyshys]

Hi,

Is there a way to save view, or any part of the ui (like menu, dialog, or form) as a text file (like xml). The xml file should contents only visual elements of the view and layout and the java file should contains only a basic ViewPart frame that loads element at run time.

For example, suppose I'm creating a new view in swtbuilder. In the .java file of the view, I would like to have something like this:

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package ...
import ...
public class MyView extends ViewPart {

   public static final String ID = "myview"; //$NON-NLS-1$
        private MyActionSet myActionSet = null;

   public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
      
      LoadPartControl(parent, "filename.xml", "partControl1")
   
      //
      createActions();
      initializeToolBar();
      initializeMenu();
   }

   private void createActions() {
             myActionSet = CreateMyActionSet();
   }
   
   private void initializeToolBar() {
               LoadToolbar("filename.xml", "toolbar1", myActionSet)
   }

   private void initializeMenu() {
               LoadMenu("filename.xml", "menu1", myActionSet)
   }
}



This feature could help me to generate user interface without having to recompile my application.

Thanks

Vincent

[Eric Clayberg]

Is there a way to save view, or any part of the ui (like menu, dialog, or form) as a text file (like xml).

No.

This is not a feature we intend to support as we don't think it is a good idea in general. If you are using Java to create your UI, the natural representation of that UI is in Java. Using some other representation will only serve to make the app harder to maintain, harder to extend with custom logic, and somewhat slower (since you have to add the additional runtime translation step from XML to Java object).

This feature could help me to generate user interface without having to recompile my application.

If you are using Eclipse, it will incrementally and instantly recompile any modified classes whenever you save a class.