Re: Programmatically doing 'Find Usages"

Thanks John.

Not so much of a recommendation for new code but analytics for existing 
code for all usages of the various Logger methods.

Sunil

On 11/14/2016 3:19 PM, John McDonnell wrote:
> Sunil,
>
> Are you trying to do something like this?
> http://www.eclipse.org/recommenders/
>
> But in Netbeans?
>
> Regards
>
> John
>> On 14 Nov 2016, at 23:16, geertjan wielenga 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> PS: it would really help to know what you are trying to achieve -- 
>> what does this mean: "analyze the statement and provide logging 
>> recommendations to the user". What kind of analysis and logging 
>> recommendations are you talking about?
>>
>> On 15-11-2016 0:13, geertjan wielenga wrote:
>>>
>>> https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/custom_declarative_hints_in_netbeans
>>>
>>> https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/oh_no_vector
>>>
>>> Gj
>>>
>>> On 15-11-2016 0:11, Sunil Dudani wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Note that i want the user to be able to select any Logger instance 
>>>> variable used in a Class, not just the Logger constructor. A 'Find 
>>>> Usage' on the instance variable does not search for usages of the 
>>>> variable Class across modules.
>>>>
>>>> I can get the Class name when the user selects (put the cursor) the 
>>>> variable by comparing the Element.asType().toString() to 
>>>> "java.util.logging.Logger"
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/14/2016 2:40 PM, geertjan wielenga wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you not, instead of the below, have a menu item in the Usage 
>>>>> output window to process the statements?
>>>>>
>>>>> I.e., after the usages are displayed, you'd have a way of 
>>>>> accessing those usages in the Usage output window and then do 
>>>>> something with them?
>>>>>
>>>>> Gj
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14-11-2016 23:38, Sunil Dudani wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pardon my newbie questions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Background: i am writing a new search and recommend plugin for 
>>>>>> Java development (please correct if this is not the right forum)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Specifically, i am requesting suggestions for sample/open 
>>>>>> source code for "Find Usages". I wish to provide some additional 
>>>>>> user action based on the search results.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Once the user clicks on a particular field (i have that 
>>>>>> working using the sample CopyFQNAction plugin), i would like to 
>>>>>> display a new button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use case:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> User selects any java.util.logging.Logger.log() statements in a 
>>>>>> Java file and the code should find all instances of similar log() 
>>>>>> statements in all the open projects (same as what is being done 
>>>>>> by 'Find Usages'. However, rather than display these in the Usage 
>>>>>> output window, i want to analyze the statement and provide 
>>>>>> logging recommendations to the user.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Sunil
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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