Customize the format of the generated java code

[hyshyshys]

Hi,

Is it possible to customize the format of the generated java code using
1- code template,
2- formatter or
3- any other methods?

It is possible to generate code without hard-coded string in locator/condition/... Example:

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ui.click(new ButtonLocator("myHardCodedString"));

What I would prefer is to use a properties file with a Message class that hold all strings. This way, it will allow me to change the string in the user interface and updating tests rapidly instead of having to change all string elsewere in the tests.

Example:

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext;

import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;

public final class Messages extends NLS {

   private static final String BUNDLE_NAME= "plugin.name.Messages";//$NON-NLS-1$

   private CorextMessages() {
      // Do not instantiate
   }

   public static String Application1_Dialog1_ButtonLabel1;

   static {
      NLS.initializeMessages(BUNDLE_NAME, Messages.class);
   }
}


and in the generated test

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ui.click(new ButtonLocator(Messages.Application1_Dialog1_ButtonLabel1));


Thanks

Vincent

[Phil Quitslund]

Code generation customization is currently not supported but what you're proposing would make a really interesting feature request. Could you send a mail with the request to support?

wintest-support@instantiations.com

We'll track the request there.

Thanks!

-phil

[hyshyshys]

Done!

[3061]

I ususally replace all the strings by constants manually (well, Eclipse refactoring tools help), having the Strings all extracted like

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public static final String BUTTON_TEXT_CANCEL = "Cancel";

Would be very comforable. "Cancel" might get randamed into "Abort" someday. It would be smart not to reference every String with "Cancel" into the same variable.
For example, let's say the "new File" Wizard has a "Cancel" Button and the "Generate lots of Data" Window also has a "Cancel button". Ideally, WindowTester would add the Window's Title into the variable name:

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public static final String NEW_FILE_WIZARD_CANCEL_BUTTON_TEXT = "Cancel";
public static final String GENERATE_LOTS_OF_DATA_CANCEL_BUTTON_TEXT = "Cancel";


This way, one could easily rename the "Cancel" Button in the "Generate lots of Data" Window without affecting the "new File" Wizard.

[Phil Quitslund]

Along the lines of this:

I ususally replace all the strings by constants manually (well, Eclipse refactoring tools help)

Do you tend to do this immediately after the test is generated? Is this something you would like folded into codegen? Moreover, is there anything the "Extract Constant" refactoring doesn't do but should for this purpose? On the surface, it seems like it should at least work in bulk so that you can extract all constants, but I'm curious if there's anything else you see.

Thanks!