Re: Extending existing Project Types - but not all of them

You could add a BluePrints panel to the Project Properties dialog of the 
WebClient project with a checkbox. When that checkbox is checked, the 
files or nodes or whatever it is, is added to the project -- but not to 
all other projects. Just to the current project where the checkbox has 
been checked.

Many features work like that, e.g., Groovy support has a checkbox which, 
when checked, adds content to the build script, adds a Groovy file, etc.

Gj

On 25-4-2016 12:38, Nico Krebs wrote:
> hi benno,
>
> Thank you for your quick reply, i would like to have both project 
> types avaiable in the new project wizard: html5 project and my 
> SpecialWebProject.
> Already thought about using the layer file but i don`t know yet, how 
> to do this. Though, tediousness is a good thing!
>
> Is there a sample or some other hints available on the web, what 
> should i read?
>
> greetz, Nico
>
>> Am 25.04.2016 um 08:44 schrieb markiewb 
>> <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>
>> Hej Nico,
>> How about duplicating the relevant layer.xml configurations for your 
>> project type from the original project type? It may be tedious, but a 
>> doable. Once you found out all the relevant places to copy from, you 
>> can write a unit/integration test to check, whether your 
>> configuration is up to date to the platform configuration.
>> Or perhaps it is possible to hide the original project type from the 
>> “new project” wizard?
>> Greetings, Benno
>> *Från:*Nico Krebs <mailto:[email protected]>
>> *Skickat:*Sonntag, 24. April 2016 12:45
>> *Till:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> *Ämne:*[platform-dev] Extending existing Project Types - but not all 
>> of them
>> Hi,
>> I have a folder containing some HTML/CSS/JS-Files.
>> To treat this folder as a separate project type, I extended existing 
>> project types like webclient project which already support everything 
>> i want for my new Project Type (refactoring, js unit testing support, 
>> etc.)
>> When i extend that webclient project type with some nodes or option 
>> panels, all webclient projects will have those extensions.
>> This is not intended. i would rather take the webclient project and 
>> redefine it under another name, looking for a special file i would 
>> put into the project folder.
>> I could just copy and modify the webclient project`s code but this 
>> seems to be a little too much for the task and i would miss all the 
>> updates or would have to merge them into the repo manually.
>> Is it possibe to re-use an existing project and not influence the 
>> behaviour of the original project type - without making a copy of the 
>> webclient project?
>> Thanks in advance for any help,
>> Nico
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