Annotation Processing for GWT using javax.annotation.processing. Alternatives, Compile tips ?

[zixzigma]

I have defined a custom annotation in my GWT app,
and have annotated my classes with it.

I would like to process it and generate some code,
that rest of my app would depend on it.

1- do you think using this package:
javax.annotation.processing

is a good idea ? are there any alternatives ?
how does it compare to :com.google.gwt.core.ext ?

2- in terms of compiling, what is the best practice ?
should I process my annotations first and use the generated class
files to
then compile my GWT project? or this can be automated in one single
step ?


Thank You

[Thomas Broyer]

On Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:10:01 AM UTC+1, zixzigma wrote:

I have defined a custom annotation in my GWT app,
and have annotated my classes with it.

I would like to process it and generate some code,
that rest of my app would depend on it.

1- do you think using this package:
javax.annotation.processing

is a good idea ? are there any alternatives ?
how does it compare to :com.google.gwt.core.ext ?

GWT generators are only triggered by a GWT.create() in your code (and an appropriate <generate-with> rule in a gwt.xml)

 

2- in terms of compiling, what is the best practice ?
should I process my annotations first and use the generated class
files to
then compile my GWT project? or this can be automated in one single
step ?

I don't think it can be done in 1 step.

We do use an annotation processor (http://projectlombok.org) and we first generate the java files (using the dedicated maven plugin) that are then used by GWT (these are for our domain model classes, that we currently use with GWT-RPC). Each time we make a change to a model class, we have to re-generate the files for the change to be seen by GWT's DevMode.

[Gal Dolber]

Guaw! great project

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[Gal Dolber]

Thomas, 

where you been able to use lombok with gwt code?

I getting error while running (or compiling) on every call to a generated method.

[ERROR] [testapp] - Line 61: The method getMarketing() is undefined for the type Unit

[Thomas Broyer]

Yes we do. You have to add the generated sources output dir to your classpath for GWT to see them, and make sure GWT doesn't see the "original" source files (either by putting them "later" on the classpath, or better not at all).

Here's our project layout (dictated by both Maven and the lombok-maven-plugin):

src/main/java -> source code that does not make use of lombok's annotations

src/main/lombok -> source code that uses lombok annotations

target/generated-sources/delombok -> output folder where "delomboked" files are generated

We then make sure to include target/generated-sources/delombok in the classpath, but not src/main/lombok.

[Gal Dolber]

Thanks!!

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