10 Replies Latest reply on Jun 10, 2008 2:26 PM by andygibson

Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

andygibson Jun 6, 2008 11:31 AM

I have been using the freely avaiable JBoss Tools plugins for a while now and recently (yesterday) started using JBDS 1.1 CR. Here's a quick list of issues I found :

1) In the JSF editor , type <h:output (ctrl+space) and select outputText and it will auto complete and put the value="" attribute in for you. In JBDS, it just completes the tag without putting the value="" in for you. Oddly enough, if you do it for <f:facet> it still puts in the name="" attribute for you. It doesn't work for s:link, h:outputText.

2) In code completing for EL expressions, it appears to be case sensitive now. If I type #{blogpos, I get nothing, but if I type #{blogPo I get blogPostHome. Ditto in components.xml.

I don't believe either of these have been problems in the JBoss Tools plugins for quite a while.

Cheers,

Andy Gibson

1. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

maxandersen Jun 6, 2008 2:02 PM (in response to andygibson)

Hi Andy,

Since JBDS 1.1.CR uses JBoss Tools i'm quite sure the same issues would be in there too ;)

Please report with specific instructions on how to reproduce in jira and we will look into it.
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2. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

andygibson Jun 6, 2008 4:14 PM (in response to andygibson)

Hey Max,

Well, as you can see, we managed to get our copies of JBDS from the vendor.

I did a comparison, and the case sensitivity issue is in both JBDS and JBoss Tools.

However, the auto completion is just funky in JBDS. I've filled in a JIRA with screenshots :

http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-350

I'll let you know if I find anything else,

Cheers,

Andy Gibson
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3. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

maxandersen Jun 7, 2008 3:46 AM (in response to andygibson)

the case sensitivity we should fix, please report that too.
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4. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

andygibson Jun 9, 2008 1:39 PM (in response to andygibson)

Hey Max,

Quick question, I was writing up the case sensitivity issue and found that there are more problems with JBDS 1.1 CR1 with autocomplete before you even get to the case sensitivity issue which I will also fill out a Jira for.

However, which version of JBoss Tools should I use to test the case sensitivity on JBoss Tools 2.1.1 GA or the nightly? Some odd things going on in the auto-complete for 2.0.1GA (paramv returns paramValues, but conversatione does not return conversationEntries). I am downloading the 2.1.1GA to try it on now.

I'll keep you posted today as I look through this stuff,
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5. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

akazakov Jun 9, 2008 2:57 PM (in response to andygibson)

Andy, the case sensitivity issue is another one and it's not related to JBIDE-2317
And I belive we have it in both versions (2.0 and 2.1). Please report that in jira.
Thank you.
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6. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

maxandersen Jun 9, 2008 3:10 PM (in response to andygibson)

2.1.1.GA is fine to test with.

we haven't touched code completion for a very long time so badly surprised you are finding issues in there ;(

Keep us posted - jira is the best place.
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7. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

andygibson Jun 9, 2008 3:28 PM (in response to andygibson)

Hey folks,

Alexey, I was still recording a demo for, and entering the details for the case sensitivity issue when you posted (you guys go to quickly ;-)

http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-2317
and
http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-2318

are both related to code completion, including one for the case sensitivity, and the other for the problems with the missing quote at the end. JBDS-350 relates to the completion of the tags. I figured a 300K movie is far easier to understand than a step by step description, however I included both for completeness.

Max, I think since the tag completion always adds in the extra quote at the end JBIDE-2317 isn't usually an issue. As for case sensitivity, it's one of those things people will live with, especially since you only type the first few characters to get to an item anyway.

Eitherway, JBoss Tools, and JBDS rocks and is still a great tool to use, and these issues are hardly show stoppers. I'll keep you posted in case I find anything else.

Cheers,

Andy Gibson
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8. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

andygibson Jun 10, 2008 12:31 PM (in response to andygibson)

Are you guys interested in bugs in the nightly build? I just downloaded the latest nightly, and all the related build drivers and there is a bug in it when typing out JSF tags.

If you type <h:outputTe and use autocomplete it completes with <h:outputText value=""/> with the caret placed in the quotes. (Which is correct)

However, the auto complete box comes up with a list of suggestions, but if you start typing #{ in the value, most of the suggestions disappear. You need to close the suggestion box, and press ctrl+space to bring it up in order to see the Seam suggestions again.

I have a movie of it at :

http://www.andygibson.net/bug4.html
or
http://www.andygibson.net/bug4.swf
(I include both because I have problems in firefox with the html version and have to view the movie directly)

Let me know if you want me to create a JIRA for it,

Cheers,

Andy
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9. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

maxandersen Jun 10, 2008 12:36 PM (in response to andygibson)

hi andy,

yes - please report it. We are trying to get these annoying issues fixed for an update of 2.1.

I couldnt easily see what the issues were from the video so if you could be a bit more specific in the jira issue then that would be great.

Thanks
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10. Re: Issues/ Questions relating to JBDS 1.1 CR

andygibson Jun 10, 2008 2:26 PM (in response to andygibson)

Done, here's the URL

http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-2321

Since it was a nightly build, I didn't know what version to use.

I tried to reproduce it using Europa-Winter, but the Seam Web Project wizard wasn't working. I selected it, and clicked Next, but it did nothing.

So I filled out a Jira for that just in case :

http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-2322

Cheers,

Andy Gibson
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