[stringtemplate-interest] Javadoc generation using ST ?

[Terence Parr]

On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

>>> 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?

ah. I'm not at office at moment.  can you look to see what tostring 
(int) invokes with write?  Perhaps I made a special writer that wraps.

Ter