On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Rosh PR <open....@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the problems I'm facing over here is how will i compile a > small set of gwt code with out any EntryPoint and use the > generated *javascript* from the framework. I know we can compile > without the Entrypoint but the main problem I'm facing is compiling > code to javascript instead of java classes and loading it to the > framework which will have to use these JS and display the plugin > widget on the framework console on runtime. >
Interesting problem. This is going to need some kind of infraestructure and policy. I am just thinking out loud waiting more experienced people point problems and what can work. To start you need two things: a) Know what plugins exists, a registry of plugins b) Attach them into a panel, listen events and useful stuff To install the plugins you can drop them in folder. To know what exists you can do it manually, setting up a file and fetching it from the client side. To do it automatically you can do it server side and rpc-serialize'it to client side. To load them the main problem is obfuscated code. I imagine you can't mix up source comming from different optimizer executions. Let's suposse we can. Then if we know the plugin main object name, we can construct a jsni method to forge a call to the pluing initializer function, with the panel id to be attached. native void initPlugin(String objectName, String panelId) /*-{ var method = "@"+objectName+"::doInit(Ljava/lang/String;)"; eval( method+"('"+panelId+"');" ); }-*/; That should give to the plugin the ability to put itself into the panel and call whatever container hooks needs. Another way is doing plugin static iniatilazation self injection: class CoolPlugin extends Plugin { static { Application.staticSomething.register(new CoolPlugin()); } So the application can take further actions... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---