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

Hi,

it's in org-netbeans-modules-editor.

The problem seems to be that there is no straight way to decouple a useful
feature (translating the contents of an editor to html) from the actual
action, which displays a customization dialog. The problem is private an
final methods.

Here is an ad hod workaround (I hope nobody complains because most of the
code is copied). It's a single class:

<goog_20168380>
https://github.com/borisheithecker/customexporthtml

It'a little bit nasty because it uses java reflection. Within this class,
it should be possible to adapt the dialog to your own needs.

Hope it helps,
Boris



2016-10-12 21:39 GMT+02:00 Oliver Rettig <[email protected]>:

> Hi,
>
> I am also interested in an export-to-html action but I can not find the
> existing exportHTMLAction. Which module I have to add in my application to
> see
> this action?
>
> What are the problems with the existing action?
>
> best regards
> Oliver
>
> > 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.
>
>
>


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