Re: Implement additional Hints for existing Language

Now that you have a HintsProvider, you need to implement Rules (pic-1) 
and register them in the layer (pic-2).

Gj

On 9-10-2016 12:18, Alex Muthmann wrote:
> Please have a look at the github links I provided, you'll see, that I 
> already have both Language and HintsProvider implemented.
>
> Also both classes you mention do NOT cover my use case as they are 
> mere Hints used in JsHintsProvider, which is used in JsLanguage 
> (registered on text/javascript). So this does not add a new HTML hint 
> in a module but implements a completely new Language :(
>
> Am 2016-10-09 12:10, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>> Look at org.netbeans.modules.javascript2.editor.hints.JsAstRule or
>> JsConventionHint. Also you have to implement HintsProvider.
>>
>> Gj
>>
>> On 9-10-2016 11:50, Alex Muthmann wrote:
>>> yes, exactly, that would be awesome!
>>>
>>> Am 2016-10-09 11:42, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>>>> So, to be clear, if I show an example of how to create a new plugin
>>>> that adds a new HTML hint in NetBeans IDE, that's what you're looking
>>>> for?
>>>>
>>>> Gj
>>>>
>>>> On 9-10-2016 11:39, Alex Muthmann wrote:
>>>>> Yes, this is what I (of course) did first, I also had a deeper 
>>>>> look into the Netbeans sources but there was no implementation 
>>>>> covering my requirement (extend an existing language). It looks 
>>>>> easy to implement a new one, but if you need to use an already 
>>>>> registered mimeType it gets fuzzy :(
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 2016-10-09 01:13, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>>>>>> I'll try to take a look but if I were you I'd go to Google and 
>>>>>> search
>>>>>> for 'getHintsProvider' to see how others have implemented that -- I
>>>>>> can see many implementations when I do that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gj
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8-10-2016 20:57, Alex Muthmann wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks for your reply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can find the code here:
>>>>>>> https://github.com/wcm-io/wcm-io-tooling/tree/netbeans-sightly-hints 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SightlyLanguage.java: 
>>>>>>> https://github.com/wcm-io/wcm-io-tooling/blob/netbeans-sightly-hints/netbeans/sightly/src/main/java/io/wcm/tooling/netbeans/sightly/editor/SightlyLanguage.java
>>>>>>> SightylHintsProvider: 
>>>>>>> https://github.com/wcm-io/wcm-io-tooling/blob/netbeans-sightly-hints/netbeans/sightly/src/main/java/io/wcm/tooling/netbeans/sightly/editor/hints/SightlyHintsProvider.java
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I added some exceptions, so I would expect to see those as soon, 
>>>>>>> as the language is called successfully.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 2016-10-08 12:21, schrieb geertjan wielenga:
>>>>>>>> On 7-10-2016 0:26, Alex Muthmann wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> there has already be a discussion with Geertjan and Petr 
>>>>>>>>> regarding the options to implement additional Hints for an 
>>>>>>>>> existing language. I need to add additional Hints for HTML 
>>>>>>>>> files and the consensus was, that I should use the CSL API to 
>>>>>>>>> implement a Language and add a HintProvider.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I did some basic tests
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Put your code on GitHub and send a link to it here so we can 
>>>>>>>> all see
>>>>>>>> the code rather than text.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gj
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> but ran into the following situation:
>>>>>>>>> As soon as I register a new Language XYZ which uses the 
>>>>>>>>> mimeType text/html, the build-in HTML Language does not work 
>>>>>>>>> anymore (no hints, no code-completion etc). I'd expect that 
>>>>>>>>> all languages registered on a mimeType are used and not only 
>>>>>>>>> one of those.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was not able to find this use-case in the netbeans 
>>>>>>>>> source-code and I'm currently lost :(
>>>>>>>>> Could somebody probably provide an example of a working 
>>>>>>>>> extension of an existing language or an alternative to the 
>>>>>>>>> implementation of a complete new language?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you very much,
>>>>>>>>> Alex Muthmann