Parser not finding root container

[sreed]

I have a class that is not itself descended from a Swing container but builds a frame when a public method is called. If I add a call to the method in the class's constructor then I can edit the Swing code in Designer but if I leave the constructor without the call the parser doesn't see the frame and I cannot edit it. Is there a way to tell the parser where to start?

[Eric Clayberg]

Try adding a @wbp.parser.entryPoint JavaDoc tag to the method you want the parser to start with.

If that does not work, we will need to see a test case.

[sreed]

I'd like to learn more about the annotations that are available. Are they in the docs somewhere? I looked and tried some searches but nothing came up.

[Eric Clayberg]

See the Designer Customization API in the product docs. Search on "entryPoint" for example.

If the parser can't find an entry point in a class, it will actually ask the user which method to use as the entry point.

In your case, it found the public constructor (which is always an entry point), so it did not need to ask.