[news.eclipse.tools.ve] How to access the Model (Bean) Properties within

[Jonas von Malottki <yoshtec@xxxxxxx>]

Hello VE'lers,

I created a plugin for Eclipse based on the VE CustomWidget Tutorial 
(org.eclipse.ve.example.customwidget) and I have two questions right now:

1. Even if I define that the Label should be somewhere else it always 
stays at the very same position. Let's take a look at the code for clarity:


public class SomeEditPart extends ComponentGraphicalEditPart {

  public SwingWidgetEditPart(Object model) {
    super(model);
  }

  protected IFigure createFigure() {
    IFigure figure = super.createFigure();

    Label customFigure = new Label("SomeText");
    customFigure.setForegroundColor(ColorConstants.red);

    //XXX: Now here is the Problem, even if I tell him to put some
    // other constant it will not move!
    customFigure.setTextPlacement(PositionConstants.ALWAYS_RIGHT);

customFigure.setFont(((GraphicalEditPart)getParent()).getFigure().getFont());

    //XXX: Here I tried something like figure.getSize(),
    // but it is always (0,0), even though displayed
    // correctly with a size bigger than (0,0) later on.
    customFigure.setSize(customFigure.getPreferredSize());


    //XXX: I also tried to put a constraint here but
    // found out by debugging through the code that
    // the constraint is never used.
    figure.add(customFigure);

    return figure;
  }
}

2. How can I access at this Point some other value of the Bean currently 
in rendering?

For instance a extended JTextField Bean has a new field named Text2 and 
it should be displayed by the code above at 1. during the drawing in VE 
but not during Runtime itself. So i tried to have a look at 
this.getModel() which will return a JavaObjectInstance Object somehow 
encapsulating the Bean (or its class). Debugging the whole thing  I 
found deeply in the Tree of the model Variable a hint of the Property 
Value (cause I entered "FINDME" and clicked so long until I found it). 
Nevertheless I couldn't find the Property Name nor some way to find it 
automatically.


It would be very nice to hear your ideas.

Nice Greetings
Jonas

PS.: The Head in the CVS tree is not anymore compatible with Eclipse 3.1 
and VE 1.1, maybe you should note that in the tutorial!