At 12:52 PM 5/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
>In the speedbar, there are buttons for expanding and un-expanding
>classes, interfaces, variables, etc. However, there isn't a
>corresponding button for methods. Why not? This would be more useful to
>me than the button for classes, for examples. Thanks
>
Funny, you should ask. I've been thinking about this issue recently and am
interested in your input. First, some background.
The next JDE release, which is imminent, will provide support for the
latest, parser-based version of Eric Ludlam's speedbar. (You will be
required to download this version plus Eric's new parser generator package
for Emacs, semantic, from Eric's web page.) With this version, the first
expansion level for each source file will have three buttons: Package,
Types, and Misc. These names were chosen by Eric to be language
independent. In the case of Java, expanding the Package option will show
the java package to which the file belongs; expanding the Types entry will
show all the top-level classes in the source file; expanding the Misc
button will show all the import statements in the file. (This entry may be
changed to Dependencies.)
You will be able to expand the entry for each class to show the methods,
fields, and inner classes defined in that class plus the class's parent.
You will be able to expand each method entry to show its arguments.
The following is an example of how the speedbar will look:
+ A.java
- B.java
- Package
com.mycompany.pkg1
- Types
- class B
- method1 ()
- (arg1
@ String
+ |arg2
+ )arg3
@ void
+ method2 ()
+ field1 =
- field2 =
@ BeanInfo
+ field3 =
- class InnerClassA
+ InnerClass AA
+ method1 ()
+ field1 =
+ class InnerClassB
> Frame
- Misc
import java.lang.String
import java.awt.Frame
+ C.java
The new version of speedbar does not support expansion of methods. However,
Eric and I have discussed the desirability of this capability. The benefit
I can see would be the ability to navigate to variables and classes defined
within methods. The tradeoff would be greater time to parse the buffer.
I'd be interested in yours (and others) input on this issue and on the new
speedbar design.
- Paul
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