Re: [pdt-dev] 'unparsing' the AST

[Raphael Pigulla <pigulla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While those two examples were immensely helpful, I am still trying to 
figure out how to use the org.eclipse.php.internal.core.format package.

For example, I'm a bit confused as to how the class PhpFormatter 
actually works (or rather, how it is intended to be used, the 
documentation is a little sparse).
Its constructor requires a start and length parameter, which - I assume 
- is so one can selectively format parts of a document. The format() 
function then requires an org.w3c.dom.Node, which is presumably the root 
of the AST? Why is it then, that it does not accept 
org.eclipse.php.internal.core.ast.nodes.ASTNode? Do I need to convert 
the AST to DOM? Or am I missing something entirely here?

Also, what's the point of implementing the strategy pattern when all 
indentation strategies are hard-coded into private final members?

Basically all I want to do is read a PHP file, fiddle with the AST and 
then pretty-print it back out. Is PhpFormatter the wrong way to go here?

regards
raph