[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: Using CompilationUnitEditor without a .java

[Daniel Megert <daniel.megert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Coppit wrote:

> Daniel Megert wrote:
>
> > > I'm implementing an editor for Java source code, where the source is 
> > > unpacked from another file. As a result, there is no .java resource 
> > > in the project. Can someone give me some guidance on how best to set 
> > > up a CompilationUnitEditor to code from a buffer in memory?
> >
> >
> > It should be sufficient to write your own editor input and then use 
> > IDE.openEditor(page, editorInput, editorID). What stopped this from 
> > working?
>
>
> My editor is being opened in a page of a MultiPageEditor. openEditor 
> is for a top-level editor. I did try what you suggested anyway, and I 
> did get syntax highlighting, but not the annotations ruler.

Which build did you use?

Dani

> So I gave up on an in-memory editor input. Now I create temporary 
> files in the workspace, and that seems to work well. I'll end up 
> filtering them out of the workspace view so that the user doesn't notice.
>
> David