[mylyn-docs-dev] Finding out when a HtmlComposer is initialised for chan

[Robert Munteanu <robert.munteanu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've been investigating the use of the HtmlComposer as an attribute
editor for the MantisBT connector for Mylyn. So far it looks quite
promising. I have one stumbling block though - finding out when the
composer is fully initialised, so that I can mark attributes as dirty.

I am using code similar to:

                            composer.addModifyListener(new ModifyListener() {

                                public void modifyText(ModifyEvent e) {

                                    String oldValue =
getAttributeMapper().getValue(getTaskAttribute());

                                    String newValue = composer.getHtml();


getAttributeMapper().setValue(getTaskAttribute(), newValue);

                                    boolean attributeChanged =
oldValue != "" && !(newValue.equals(oldValue));

                                    if ( attributeChanged  )
                                        attributeChanged();
                                }
                            });

The problem is that I'm seeing spurious changes which seem to be
internal to the HtmlComposer, for instance:

- from <pre>Wow</pre> to <pre>Wow</pre>\n ( extra newline )
- from <b>Oops</b> to <p><b>Oops</b></p> ( wrapped in <p></p> )
- from Let's see how this works. to <p>Let&#39;s see how this
works.</p> ( wrapped in<p></p>, encode entities )

I am interested in skipping these events, so want to find out whether
I can register for events later on, after the editor is fully
initialised, or find out if the events are internal.

Thanks,

Robert

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