Re: [ptp-dev] Question about performance tools framework in PTP

[Dave Wootton <dwootton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wyatt
I tried the example xml file that you
included below and it failed with a SAXParseException. The only way I was
able to figure out what was going wrong was to run in debug mode and catch
the SAXParseException then look at the values for the systemID, lineNumber
and columnNumber variables in the exception object. Those seem to point
to a problem with the 
"<optvalue
type="text"  fieldrequired="true"/>"
 line. If I comment that togoption out, the exception goes away.

Is it possible to catch the SAXParseException
and write an error message containing the information pointing to the error
either to the Error Log or to just print it in  a println call?

My XML file was


<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>
<toolset.01>
<tool name="TaskFinder">
    <execute>
       
<global name="EnvironmentTest">
             
<!--This is a static value that will always be put in the environment
and bypass the UI entirely -->
       
      <envvar flag="A_VAR" value="1"/>

           
<optionpane title="Test Vars">

       
         <togoption label="Env
Foo" optname="FOO" envvar="true">
       
              <optvalue
type="toggle" seton="yes" />
       
        </togoption>

       
        <togoption label="Env
Bar" optname="BAR" envvar="true">
       
              <optvalue
type="text"/>
       
        </togoption>

       
       <togoption label="Value Required"
optname="SET_VALUE" envvar="true" required="true">
       
             <optvalue type="text" 
fieldrequired="true"/>
       
      </togoption>

         
</optionpane>
      </global>
    </execute>
</tool>
</toolset.01>
Dave

Wyatt Spear <wspear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject	Re: [ptp-dev] Question about performance tools framework in PTP

Greetings Dave,

Environment variable support is up in cvs now.  Currently it only
supports the execution phase and there may be a few bugs to wring out of
it.  I believe it meets the requirements we discussed.  Note
that, similar to program argument modifications, changes to the environment
are applied during execution and reverted during cleanup afterward, so
environment variables set this way will not be present in the environment
pane after the run is complete.

I have updated the external tools wiki page with a basic reference for
the xml tool definion format: http://wiki.eclipse.org/PTP/ETFw/PTP_External_Tools_Framework#Tool_XML_Reference.

I have included a working example of environment variable usage without
a utility tag below.  Note the use of the global tag in place of the
utility tag.  The 'toggle' option type allows an environment variable
to be defined as the "seton" value and left undefined if "setoff"
is not specified.  The "required" attribute in a togoption
makes it always set to on and does away with the checkbox.  The fieldrequired
attribute in an optvalue tag will prevent an environment variable from
being set unless there is a value in the widget's text field.  Please
let me know if you would like to see any adjustments to this scheme or
if you notice any problems. 

Regards,
Wyatt Spear

...
    <execute>
        <global name="EnvironmentTest">
             
<!--This is a static value that will always be put in the environment
and bypass the UI entirely -->
              <envvar
flag="A_VAR" value="1"/>

            <optionpane title="Test
Vars">

                
<togoption label="Env Foo" optname="FOO" envvar="true">
               
      <optvalue type="toggle" seton="yes"
/>
               
</togoption>

               
<togoption label="Env Bar" optname="BAR" envvar="true">
                 
    <optvalue type="text"/>
               
</togoption>

               <togoption
label="Value Required" optname="SET_VALUE" envvar="true"
required="true">
                
    <optvalue type="text"  fieldrequired="true"/>
              </togoption>

          </optionpane>
      </global>
        
     </execute>
...