code assist/completion with js objects

[dvanhussel]

Hi,
If I create a JS object like this:

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/**
 * Creates a formstate object
 * @constructor
 * @public sessionID
 * 
 */
function FormState()
{
	
	this.sessionID = 'test';
}

using it like this works as expected (the value test is assigned to the form-field):

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var test = new FormState();
fields.TEST.value = test.sessionID;

using ctrl+space on a new line in the editor shows the JavaDoc for FormState() and test appears in the list as:

test: FormState

So, the editor knows that test is an object of type 'FormState'.

But when I use ctrl+space on 'test.' the code completion doesn't show that there is a valid property 'sessionID'.

Is there a way (with JavaDoc notation?) to make this work?

It would be especially handy when using objects from other scripts of which the properties are 'unknown' to the developer using the object.

Thanks,

David

[Steve]

Hi David,

No, there is no way of doing this at the moment. This maybe something that is considered in the future, but this is not that easy when working with JavaScript objects. I am not sure that eclipse can handle objects like this either.

Firstly though, I need to handle functions correctly. I have only added basic functionality (return types) from functions... e.g

var a = testMe(); //resolves as number

function testMe()
{
return 1;
}

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It is on the list of things to look at.

Kind regards

Steve

[dvanhussel]

Hi Steve,

I don't have Eclipse installed. But when I try this in NetBeans (1.7.2) or Visual Studio 2012, code completion does 'know' that test.sessionID exists.

So, it should be possible to implement it

Thanks for your answer!

Regards,

David

[Steve]

Thanks for that. Most things are possible and this is, but will mean I will have to invest some time on it.

It is on my list of things to look at

Steve