Re: How to create "special" DataObjects (myself, not in layer)?

> Hi Peter,
>
> Comments below.
>
> P.N. escribió:
>> Hi Antonio,
>>
>> I'd guess this won't work, either. The name isn't fixed (it is
>> project-dependent), it's not an Ant build file, what is produced (the
>> config isn't even produced externally), and the XSL will most likely
>> be interpreted by NB infrastructure - if I'm using a DataObject. OTOH,
>> it should be possible to just edit the file in a "simple" editor,
>> probably it might be possible to use some XML utilities, at least.
>
> You're probably right here.
>
>>
>> There's also a non-XML multiview API, I'll use that.
>>
>> I've still got one problem with this: How do I load my data into an
>> Editor/JEditorPane? Do I have instantiate an EditSupport?
>
> As far as I know (I don't know much, by the way) you can either:
> - DataEditorSupport.create (default behaviour) [1]
> - Create your own EditorSupport. [2]
> - Create an object that implements OpenCookie and CloseCookie and use
> that to open/close your own TopComponent. [3]
>
> ... and then add that to the getCookieSet() in the constructor of your
> custom DataObject.
>
>>
>> When creating WindowComponent in editor mode, I'm getting several bugs
>> about singletons and restoring editors after restarting NetBeans, and
>> my current approach is very "synthetic", i.e. windows system does not
>> seem to be intended to be used this way ...
>
> There's another thread about singletons, but I don't think you really
> want a singleton TopComponent for editing your file. You may want
> different instances of your TopComponent (as different tabs of your
> editor).
>
>>
>> Could You probably point me to some doc
>
>
>
>
> [1]
> http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-loaders/org/openide/text/DataEditorSupport.html
>
> http://bits.netbeans.org/download/6_0/javadoc/org-openide-text/org/openide/text/CloneableEditorSupport.html
>
>
> [2]
> http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=es&sa=N&cd=5&ct=rc#txuJ105FSvQ/trunk/projects/Db4oNBModuleSuite/Db4oNBModule/src/com/db4o/nb/db4ofiletype/Db4oEditorSupport.java&q=extends%20CloneableOpenSupport
>
>
>
> [3]
>
> package net.antonioshome.netbeans.b.cookies;
>
> import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
> import net.antonioshome.netbeans.b.BDataObject;
> import net.antonioshome.netbeans.b.nodes.editor.tc.BTopComponent;
> import org.openide.cookies.CloseCookie;
> import org.openide.cookies.OpenCookie;
>
> public class BCookies
> implements OpenCookie, CloseCookie {
>
> public BDataObject bdo;
> private BTopComponent tc;
>
> public BCookies( BDataObject bdo )
> {
> this.bdo = bdo;
> }
>
> public void open() {
> SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable() { public void run() {
> openInSwing(); } } );
> }
>
> private void openInSwing()
> {
> if ( tc == null )
> {
> tc = new BTopComponent();
> }
> tc.show( this.bdo );
> tc.open();
> tc.requestActive();
> }
>
> public boolean close() {
> if ( tc.canClose() )
> {
> tc.close();
> tc = null;
> return true;
> }
> return false;
> }
>
> }
>