[stringtemplate-interest] Javadoc generation using ST ?

[Zenaan Harkness]

>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 01:49:50PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:03:28AM -0700, Terence Parr wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have some javadoc comments which span more than one line, in my 
>>>>> model.
>>>>> Is it possible to have the proper indentation (with asterisks) be
>>>>> generated using st?
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely!  The wrap=" * " option will do this for you. You can even do
>>>> Fortran style line continuations with.  Give it a shot. I think you'll
>>>> enjoy.
>>>
>>> I will, when I can make it work.
>>>
>>> My ST usage model is:
>>> 1) All my templates are in group files (none generated in code).
>>> 2) When I generate my output, I use a StringTemplateWriter, to write the
>>> output into a file.
>>>
>>> Despite setting stWriter.setLineWidth(16), _and_ adding wrap option to
>>> my templates, I get no wrappin!

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 08:51:37AM -0700, Terence Parr wrote:
> I always forget this too.  Try toString(width). toString() doesnt wrap.

Am I missing something here?

I can't call toString, since I'm doing the writer thing - writing
directly out to a file using StringTemplateWriter (as mentioned at point
2) above), so I'm limited to using st.write, no toString for me, unless
I'm missing something?