Re: Programmatically doing 'Find Usages"

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On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Sunil Dudani <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Have i got the wrong alias? since this is a plugin question and i am not
> trying to extend NetBeans. And is [email protected] the right
> alias.
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> Thanks.
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> On 11/14/2016 3:23 PM, geertjan wielenga wrote:
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> We can't help without knowing what it is you want to achieve.
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> At least you need to be able to explain what kind of analysis and
> recommendations are applicable, otherwise how can we help suggest where it
> fits into NetBeans? Simply creating a menu item is normally not the right
> or optimal way to extend NetBeans -- depending on what you actually need to
> do, you will need to plug into a specific part of NetBeans to get the data
> that you need.
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> Gj
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> On 15-11-2016 0:21, Sunil Dudani wrote:
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> Curious, but i am looking to develop a plugin and while i have outlined
> the basic use case below, it is specific for a company/product internal
> functionality.
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> It is not something that i can disclose in an open forum.
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> The links below are blogs on the some related functionality of NB, which
> are great but do not serve my purpose.
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> On 11/14/2016 3:16 PM, geertjan wielenga wrote:
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> 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?
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> On 15-11-2016 0:13, geertjan wielenga wrote:
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> https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/custom_
> declarative_hints_in_netbeans
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> https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/oh_no_vector
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> Gj
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> On 15-11-2016 0:11, Sunil Dudani wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> On 11/14/2016 2:40 PM, geertjan wielenga wrote:
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> Could you not, instead of the below, have a menu item in the Usage output
> window to process the statements?
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> 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
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> On 14-11-2016 23:38, Sunil Dudani wrote:
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> Hi Folks,
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> 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.
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> Use case:
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> 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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