[xwiki-devs] [GSOC] sample xwiki syntax coloring plugin commited to the sandbox

[Fabio Mancinelli]

On 24 juin 08, at 22:41, malaka ekanayake wrote:

>
> I have looked at the parser and rendering api. I think we can  
> integrate with
> the jface editor in the following way
>
> We can extract blocks from the  XDOM object created by the  
> parser.Then if we
> can find a way to map these blocks with non overlapping partitions  
> defined
> in the jface,then it seems like we can integrate both.As I have  
> realised
> partitions need the offset and the length with respect to the xwiki
> document.I think we need to add 2 methods to the Block inteface to  
> get the
> offset and the length.
>
> According to my current undestanding we need to impliment the
> IDocumentPartitioner inteface and use the excisting xwiki parser in  
> thet
> implimentation.The main perpose of the implimentation is to map the  
> blocks
> in to partitions.
>
I think you are right.

I didn't look in detail into this, but we could start by making every  
leaf of the XDOM tree as a different partition.

Cheers,
Fabio