Managing generated files

Overview

Files are managed by a work product. This allows the easy addition or deletion of a file, according to the changes made to the model.

For example, the files managed by a work product can be automatically deleted when the work product is deleted.

Features

On a generation work product, two methods can be used to manage the generated files. These are used to add or delete a file managed by the work product.

The ... method	is used to ...
mngFile (fileName : in String, contents : in String)	create the "fileName" file with its "contents" and to add it as a manager of the generation work product.
reverseAllFiles()	reverses all files generated by the product and modified by an editor.

Note: If mngFile(…) is called on a file that is already managed, its content is updated if there are any differences.

Example

JavaProduct:default#external#Code#Java#generate ()

{

String content;

String fileName;

// method used to generate Java code

content = generateJava ();

fileName.strcat (getAttributeVal("path"),

"/",

Name,

".",

getAttributeVal("suffix"));

// create and manage the generated file

mngFile (fileName, content);

// update all the open editors

updateAllEditors ();

}