[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: createCompilationUnit() -- new class is cre

[Mike Yawn <myawn@xxxxxxxx>]

Michael Megliola wrote:
> I am writing a code generator that targets projects which include a 
> directory:
>
> /project/structures
>
> this directory is designated as a source entry (using 
> JavaCore.newSourceEntry)... that all seems fine, but:
>
> 1. I get a target package fragment using 
> IJavaProject.findPackageFragment(new Path("/project/structures"));
>
> 2. then I create an ICompilationUnit myNewClass that includes the 
> declaration "packages structures;" within that package fragment,
>
> 3. and Eclipse puts the resulting source code in the correct file system 
> location /project/structures/myNewClass.java,
>
> 4. but... the compiler thinks myNewClass is in the default package.
>
> How do I programatically designate the new class' package (at the level of 
> the JavaModel, not the file system?)
>
> (thanks)
Are you using the AST to create the compilation unit?   If so, you can 
do something like the following:

PackageDeclaration packageDeclaration = ast.newPackageDeclaration();
packageDeclaration.setName(ast.newName(pkgname));
compilationUnit.setPackage(packageDeclaration);