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The best autocomplete trick for eclipse! Get hints to java apis directly.
I know some people out there are still struggling to code workflows without any type of auto complete assistance. Here, I’m sharing with you the next step in autocomplete awesomeness!
I assume you have already installed Eclipse, the groovy developer tools, flowable, and loaded the latest dgc jar.
The problem
Whenever you want to use the collibra java apis, you have to import the class and instantiate it before you can use it.- It requires a lot of boilerplate code for every new script task
- you need to add/remove that code every time you want to deploy
import com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.RelationApi
RelationApi relationApi = new RelationApi()
The Solution
- In eclipse, open a new groovy file.
- Type the name of variable you want to instantiate (e.g. relationApi
- press ctrl + 1 to open the quick assist menu and select "Add inferencing suggestion"
- Then fill in the details as described below
Tadaaaa!
Now you can write relationApi anywhere in a groovy script and eclipse will automatically know you’re talking about an instance of RelationApi.
Here is my file if you’re interested. Just replace in
~/eclipse-workspace/myDiagramsProject/.groovy/suggestions.xdsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<projectSuggestions>
<declaringtype type="groovy.lang.Script">
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="item" type="com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.bean.WorkflowBusinessItem"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="users" type="com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.bean.WorkflowUsers"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="event" type="com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.bean.WorkflowEvent"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="utility" type="com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.bean.WorkflowUtility"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="mail" type="com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.bean.WorkflowMail"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="translation" type="com.collibra.dgc.workflow.api.bean.WorkflowTranslation"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="activityStreamApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.activitystream.ActivityStreamApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="applicationApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.application.ApplicationApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="assetApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.AssetApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="assetTypeApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.meta.AssetTypeApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="assignmentApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.assignment.AssignmentApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="attachmentApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.AttachmentApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="attributeApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.AttributeApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="attributeTypeApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.meta.AttributeTypeApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="breadcrumbApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.breadcrumb.BreadcrumbApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="commentApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.CommentApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="communityApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.CommunityApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="complexRelationApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.ComplexRelationApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="complexRelationTypeApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.meta.ComplexRelationTypeApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="customizationApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.customization.CustomizationApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="dataQualityRuleApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.quality.DataQualityRuleApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="diagramPictureApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.diagram.DiagramPictureApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="domainApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.DomainApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="domainTypeApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.meta.DomainTypeApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="fileApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.file.FileApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="issueApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.IssueApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="jobApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.job.JobApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="loggerApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.logger.LoggerApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="mappingApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.mapping.MappingApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="navigationStatisticsApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.navigation.NavigationStatisticsApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="outputModuleApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.query.outputmodule.OutputModuleApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="ratingApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.RatingApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="relationApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.RelationApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="relationTypeApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.meta.RelationTypeApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="reportingApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.reporting.ReportingApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="responsibilityApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.instance.ResponsibilityApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="roleApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.role.RoleApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="samlApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.security.saml.SamlApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="scopeApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.assignment.ScopeApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="statusApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.meta.StatusApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="tagApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.tag.TagApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="userApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.user.UserApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="userGroupApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.usergroup.UserGroupApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="validationApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.validation.ValidationApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="viewPermissionApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.viewpermission.ViewPermissionApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="workflowDefinitionApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.workflow.WorkflowDefinitionApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="workflowInstanceApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.workflow.WorkflowInstanceApi"><doc/></property>
<property isActive="true" isStatic="false" name="workflowTaskApi" type="com.collibra.dgc.core.api.component.workflow.WorkflowTaskApi"><doc/></property>
</declaringtype>
</projectSuggestions>
akashmittal
23 Messages
2 years ago
Really good thread to help autocomplete groovy code.
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Former User
1.2K Messages
2 years ago
Very cool!
I wonder if there is an equivalent for VS Code…I ended up moving to writing most of my workflows by hand in XML for the most part as a lot of my workflows are script heavy.
Eclipse is such a big IDE to load up for simply moving a few boxes around!
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Former User
1.2K Messages
2 years ago
Hey Arthur,
I have seen that post, another excellent one for the community
I have done something similar myself using python to add in reusable functions / deploy to DGC automatically. Given I don’t work in Collibra full time, I tend to just do some quick edits in workflows in XML and deploy where needed, but the autocomplete would be the cherry on top
As I don’t use Eclipse for anything else, I try to avoid it where I can and only open it up when I have to move some boxes around / add new tasks in. Otherwise I have a range of templated “go to” workflows that I either start from or can copy and paste sections and stitch together in XML.
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arthurburkhardt
1.2K Messages
1 year ago
No, I have developed a custom python library to handle this. Workflow variables data types -
Product Q&A - the Data Citizens community (collibra.com)
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arthurburkhardt
1.2K Messages
11 months ago
Update: execution and importApi
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