Code Generation to a user-defined java operation

[Luiz Renuncio]

Hi,

is it possible to have the generation of code into a user-defined method (instead of the - default - empty constructor). This would help us using the Swing Designer together with other generators, e.g. for Model-Driven architectures.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Luiz

[Eric Clayberg]

is it possible to have the generation of code into a user-defined method (instead of the - default - empty constructor). This would help us using the Swing Designer together with other generators, e.g. for Model-Driven architectures.

Using the latest v3.0.1 build, you can generate code into any method you like (just make sure you call it from the constructor).

In fact, you can use any template that you like.

[Luiz Renuncio]

Hi Eric,

is it possible to have the generation of code into a user-defined method (instead of the - default - empty constructor). This would help us using the Swing Designer together with other generators, e.g. for Model-Driven architectures.

Using the latest v3.0.1 build, you can generate code into any method you like (just make sure you call it from the constructor).

In fact, you can use any template that you like.

thanks for your answer. I am very impressed with the flexibility of Swing Designer. However, how do I accomplish this targeted code generation? Where do I inform the code generator that it should use , for instance, initGUI() as target? Is there any documentation about this?

Thanks in advance

Luiz

[Eric Clayberg]

I am very impressed with the flexibility of Swing Designer. However, how do I accomplish this targeted code generation? Where do I inform the code generator that it should use , for instance, initGUI() as target?

Designer will use whatever template you want to throw at it. To generate code into initGUI(), create a new JFrame, select all of the code after the super() line in the constructor, and use the Extract Method refactoring to move that code to an initGUI() method. Switch to the design view and start adding widgets. They will be placed in the initGUI() method. You can also use the resulting code as a template for any new windows that you create. Note that you can liberally refactor the code at any point, and Designer should still be able to deal with it.