Re: [tasklist] compiler module feedback

I realized I overlooked this message a while ago:

On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 06:28, Tim Lebedkov wrote:
> From: "Tor Norbye" <[email protected]>
> > On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:03, Tim Lebedkov wrote:
> > > What about the TL API enhancements?
> >
> > I'm sorry -- what are you referring to here?
> 
> We need a public API for OutputTab replacement.
> 
> the API could be very simple:
> 
> public class ProcessMessage {
>     CompileTask currently has following attributes:
>     -severity
>     -line
>     -column
>     -FileObject
>     -priority??? (or maybe is severity enough?)
>     -type
>     -summary
>     -details
>     -suggestions??? (or maybe SystemAction[] getActions())
>     Annotation createAnnotation();
> }
> 
> public class ProcessMessageView {
>     public static ProcessMessageView create(String name);
>     public void add(ProcessMessage msg);
>     public void clear();
>     public void setVisible(boolean v);
> }
> 
> Two things are not clear to me now:
> - whether the attributes of ProcessMessage would satisfy all future needs.
> - would anybody use this API if it depends on TL/core?

I'm still a little lost. Who is the provider and who is the client
of this API?

Is the intent to provide a "general" API that the NetBeans output
engine should use, such that one could plug something like the buildmsg
module in as a replacement without having to duplicate the code and
use layer masking etc.?

Or, are you referring to fact that there is no way to use
the tasklist API (tasklist-api.jar, not tasklist-core.jar) to
create a new Tasklist Tab?

I've thought of that (since there are potential other uses too,
e.g. as an output device for PMD, as an output device for ant, etc.)

I think that API should have nothing compiler-specific in it.
I was thinking that the new "request" parameter which I added
to the SuggestionManager API (for other reasons, probably documented
in the javadoc or the code) might do the trick.

Using some (to be added) method like "createView", which returns
a handle, the handle can then be used by SuggestionManager.register
to direct task registrations to the correct view.

I guess both of my remarks might be off since I don't quite
fully understand which problem you're addressing here.

-- Tor