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Bug 377596

Summary:	[chain] extend subsequence/subwords search range to next level
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	Lars Vogel <Lars.Vogel>
Component:	Recommenders	Assignee:	Marcel Bruch <marcel.bruch>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P4	CC:	deepakazad, kutschke.michael, Lars.Vogel, stefan.henss
Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	helpwanted
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Lars Vogel

2012-04-25 01:59:08 EDT

I think it would be great if subwords could offer a functionality to match strings in the next level.

For example I have an object foo which has a method which contains the string "krass"

foo.-> would should the first level, e.g. all methods of foo. which match

and then I would have the option to extend the search range.

This would be terrible useful IMHO and would be a great addition to Call-Chain which requires that I know the type on the left side.

Maybe something like Shift+Ctrl+Space could be used?

Comment 1 Marcel Bruch

2012-04-25 02:50:07 EDT

I'm not sure I understand your request completely.

Assuming there is a method call chain for foo, say,  foo.someBar().someOtherBar().someBaz()

What do you want to code completion to return given which prefix?


I've *think* you are asking for something like

foo.baz<Shift+Ctrl+Space> --> finds 'foo.someBar().someOtherBar().someBaz()'

But I may be wrong.

Comment 2 Lars Vogel

2012-04-25 11:50:10 EDT

Yes. And if use foo.some -> <Shift+Ctrl+Space> --> finds: 

'foo.someBar()'
'foo.someBar().someOtherBar()'
'foo.someBar().someOtherBar().someBaz()'

If there are performance issues with going through the full stack <Shift+Ctrl+Space> could only trigger the next extension level.

Comment 3 Marcel Bruch

2012-04-25 12:34:19 EDT

Adding Stefan. He's going to refine the call completion algorithm and may consider this in his reimplementation.

This feature is prioritized little below the feature requests listed in Bug 376796.

Comment 4 Lars Vogel

2012-08-23 17:06:33 EDT

*** Bug 387862 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Lars Vogel

2012-08-23 17:07:25 EDT

Not only should Subwords extended but I think Chain Completion should work similar to Subwords.

Example:

Person p = test.tp -> trigger Call chain should now return methods which match to tp AND return an object of type Person.

Comment 6 Marcel Bruch

2012-08-26 02:54:18 EDT

The required bits to make chain completion work like subwords are in place. One just needs to update the isPrefix method of the chain completion proposal to create one string like

getPerson().getAdress().getStreet() --> getPersonGetAdressGetStreet

and then apply the Subwords matcher on this string.

Syntax highlighting will be little more complicated but feasible. Gerrit Patch welcome.

Comment 7 Lars Vogel

2013-11-28 00:26:47 EST

Please reopen if you plan to work on this.