Ivan

More Monkey

I've written a couple more Eclipse Monkey scripts that I hope might be useful to others. They aren't meant as examples of anything clever using Monkey - for that, you'd be better looking elsewhere.

There are some bits of Java code editing typing that I see often, so, although they don't take long, I've written a couple of monkey scripts to help.

To install the scripts, install eclipse monkey, for each script, copy the script (including the "---" lines at the beginning and end), then from the "Monkey" menu in eclipse, select "Paste new script".

Convert method parameter declaration into method call parameter list

Converts:

String string, int integer, int[] nums, List list

into:

string, integer, nums, list

The script:

--- Came wiffling through the eclipsey wood ---
/*
 * Menu: Strips types out of parameter list
 Converts:
 	String foo, int x
 into: 
 	foo, x
 * Kudos: Ivan Moore
 * License: EPL
 */

function main() {
	systemClipboard = Packages.java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
	contents = systemClipboard.getContents(null);
	msg = contents.getTransferData(Packages.java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
	parts = msg.split(',');
	result = "";
	for(partNumber in parts){
		part = parts[partNumber].trim();
		if(partNumber > 0){
			result += ", ";
		}
		result += part.split(" ")[1]
	}
	newContents  = new Packages.java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection(result);
	systemClipboard.setContents(newContents, newContents);
}
--- And burbled as it ran! ---

Convert method parameter declaration into local variable declarations.

Converts:

String string, int integer, int[] nums, List list

into:

		String string = null;
		int integer = -1;
		int[] nums = null;
		List list = null;

The script:

--- Came wiffling through the eclipsey wood ---
/*
 * Menu: Paramater list INTO declarations
 Converts:
 	String foo, int x
 into: 
 	String foo = null;
	int x = -1;
 * Kudos: Ivan Moore
 * License: EPL
 */

function main() {
	systemClipboard = Packages.java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
	contents = systemClipboard.getContents(null);
	msg = contents.getTransferData(Packages.java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
	parts = msg.split(',');
	declarations = "";
	for(partNumber in parts){
		if(partNumber > 0){
			declarations += "\t\t";
		}
		part = parts[partNumber].trim();
		declarations += part + " = " + suitableValue(part) + ";\n";
	}
	newContents  = new Packages.java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection(declarations);
	systemClipboard.setContents(newContents, newContents);
}

function suitableValue(part){
	type = part.split(" ")[0];
	if(type == "long") return "-1L";
	if(type == "boolean") return "false";
	if(type == "int" || type == "short" || type == "byte") return "-1";
	if(type == "double") return "-1.0";
	if(type == "float") return "-1.0F";
	return "null";
}
--- And burbled as it ran! ---

How to run the scripts

Once monkey and the scripts are installed:

• Copy the method parameters (e.g. String string, int integer, int[] nums, List list).
• Select the appropriate monkey menu item (e.g. "Paramater list INTO declarations")
• Paste, and you get the results as described above

What I'd like

Can you associate a keyboard shortcut to each monkey script? That would be really useful. The point of any script as tiny as these shown is to eliminate the jarring flow-destroying few seconds of manual editing. Therefore, to be of most use, they might be better available from a keyboard shortcut. Maybe.

If you know of a better way of doing these, then please comment.

Posted by ivan at May 23, 2006 9:03 PM