Re: [cdt-dev] Creating a CDT_INCLUDE IPathEntry for a filesystem path

["Alain Magloire" <alain@xxxxxxx>]

> 
> All,
> 
> Any clues on how to programmatically create a CDT_INCLUDE type IPathEntry
> for a standard make project that references a filesystem location?
> 
> Currently, I have code that works with paths within the project:
> 
> for (int i = 0; i < includePaths.length; i++) {
>       currentElement = new CPElement(cProj, IPathEntry.CDT_INCLUDE,
> proj.getFullPath(), proj.getFolder(includePaths[i]));
>       currentElement.setAttribute(CPElement.INCLUDE,
> proj.getFolder(includePaths[i]).getLocation());
>       checkedPaths.add(currentElement.getPathEntry());
> }
> cProj.setRawPathEntries((IPathEntry[]) checkedPaths.toArray(new
> IPathEntry[] {}), new SubProgressMonitor(monitor, 7));
> 
> But, what if includePaths[i] == C:\Local_Includes?  How do I add this as a
> valid IPathEntry?  I tried creating a simple PathEntry() object, but got a
> ClassCastException down the road.  I then looked at the constructor
> parameters for IncludeEntry:
> 
> IPath resourcePath,
> IPath basePath,
> IPath baseRef,
> IPath includePath,
> boolean isSystemInclude,
> IPath[] exclusionPatterns,
> boolean isExported
> 
> ...but, I don't know what these parameters expect from a filesystem path.
> 

Use the CoreModel class factory.

IProject project = ...
..
IPath myIncludePath = new Path("C:\Local_Includes");
IIncludeEntry include = CoreModel.newIncludeEntry(project.getFullPath(), null, myIncludePath));
checkedPaths.add(include);
...
cProject.setRawPathEntries((IPathEntry[])checkedPaths.toArray(new IPathEntry[checkedPaths.size()]), null);

The JavaDoc:
	/**
	 * Creates and returns a new entry of kind <code>CDT_INCLUDE</code>
	 * 
	 * @param resourcePath
	 *            the affected project-relative resource path
	 * @param basePath
	 *            the base path of the includePath
	 * @param includePath
	 *            the absolute path of the include
	 * @return IIncludeEntry
	 */
	public static IIncludeEntry newIncludeEntry(IPath resourcePath, IPath basePath, IPath includePath) {
		return newIncludeEntry(resourcePath, basePath, includePath, false);
	}


I definitively agree with what you are saying implicitely... we need some ISV docs 8-)
And we should be put in the plan items for CDT-3.0 ....