Re: Invoking the 'File/Print To HTML' feature (org.netbeans.modules.editor.ExportHTMLAction.class)

Hello,

first of all: interesting project, i'm working on software for
teachers/schools too.

Some time ago I tried to somehow reuse the ExportHTMLAction for my own
project too, but I was not lucky with it.
I'm sure you'll have to implement your own export-to-html-action. An easy
way should be to extend the existing ExportHTMLAction,
override performAction(Node[] activatedNodes) and skip the dialog, but for
whatever reason this method is final. Another option is implementing a new
action by mostly copying, adapting and delegating to the original action.

I've just tried it out and it works in my development IDE, but I'm not sure
if I'm allowed to publish it on github as 95% of the code is copied from
the netbeans sources.

Boris



2016-10-11 17:46 GMT+02:00 <[email protected]>:

> To give everyone the basic idea of what I am trying to do, I will give
> a brief summary of the plugin I am attempting to create.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Project Summary:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> My plugin will allow an instructor to markup a student's homework
> assignments (as in, their code), making it as effortless as possible to
> give feedback by the instructor to the student on any mistakes they
> make, without needing to actually make physical changes (I.E: Adding
> comments, or printing out the code and physically markup the
> assignment... believe it or not, but this is still done at my
> University).
>
> The Plugin itself needs to create a Read-Only copy (and hence the need
> for the Print to HTML feature) and allow the instructor to markup said
> assignments (the details I will leave out, as they are irrelevant).
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Current Solution:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> My current approach to this problem is to use a library that converts
> Java to HTML, aptly named 'Java2HTML'... the issues with the generated
> HTML aside, the plugin will need to work for any and all languages, and
> so this library is insufficient. I also do not want to rely on network
> API calls to do this for me (such as 'hilite.me') and such I want this
> to work offline as well.
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~
> Research:
> ~~~~~~~~
>
> By research, I mean I will establish, at least to the best of my
> ability, that I didn't just "immediately jump to the mailing list
> without doing any research first". I'll admit that I probably could
> have done more research, but considering that said research would
> require me to understand the entirety of the NetBeans API, as well as
> reading the Source Code to see how it is normally done... well, I
> figured I should attempt to get some guidance first (as time is a
> relative constraint).
>
>
> I have looked at the XML Layer file to find out what gets invoked when
> the user attempts to select 'Print To HTML'. This leads to
> 'org.netbeans.modules.editor.ExportHTMLAction' class, which while it is
> public, it's methods are either private or protected, meaning I have
> have no access to it directly.
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> What I Need:
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> A way to invoke the ExportHTMLAction without the actual dialogue,
> pretty much specifying that the currently selected file is what should
> be 'Printed', and as well telling it precisely WHERE to print it. For
> example, the current file, 'test.java' or 'example.cpp' should print to
> 'generated_html/test.java.html' and 'generated_html/example.cpp.html'
> respectively.
>
> Is something like this possible? If not, is there a way I can simulate
> this functionality myself without needing to build my own
> <Language>2HTML library myself?
>
>
> This is my first time posting on this mailing list, and in fact on any
> mailing list, so please let me know if I make any mistakes in my posts,
> and I will proceed to correct it. Thank you for your time.
>



-- 
Boris Heithecker


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