Re: project conversion questions

Svata Dedic writes:
 > Peter Wisnovsky wrote:
 > > 
 > >         // Find the project
 > >         Project project = (Project) wiz.getProperty("project");
 > >         if (project == null)
 > Hmm I guess this is probably the worst thing to ever do - to use a 
 > string instead a manifested constant. If a constant for such Wizard 
 > property is missing, it is probably a hint that the property does not 
 > exist, either.

I'd be happy to do anything here that works reliably. It just seems
really wierd to me that I'm asked which project I want something in in
the target chooser panel but there is no way to find out what the user
selected in my iterator.

 > Java class Wizards now use a little workaround -- they rely on the fact 
 > that the natures are made a part of the project's internal FS; so they 
 > use Project.find(theTemplateFileObject). I don't know if this assumption 
 > is reliable for the future or not, but clearly it relies on an 
 > implementation detail (however fixed by the architecture) and should be 
 > changed.

Hmmm...if it works it works, but does this mean that templates are
scoped per project? I would observe thats in general harder to find
things like this in 4.x as opposed to 3.x because I can't explore the
project filesystems as I could explore the system filesystem in 3.x.

 > I was able to find only one place where the projects module provides the 
 > project instance through wizard properties - the ProjectsListPanel, used 
 > from API method IdeProject.addWizard() (that lacks any JavaDoc, BTW). I 
 > am almost positive that it is not exposed in project TemplateWizards yet.

Yeah, I was rummaging around in that package, but its not clear to me
how the chooser panel gets into the wizard in the first place. I don't
find references to projects anywhere in the public API package
implementation. 

Peter