[oXygen-sdk] Best way to create a new editor, insert XML and pretty print

[Tobias Fischer | pagina GmbH]

Hey,

I'm currently working on a WorkspaceAccess plugin and looking for the
best way to create a new XML editor from scratch, insert arbitrary XML
and then format and indent it following the rules of the loaded document
type definitions.

This is what I have – and it works:

    URL newEditorUrl = pluginWorkspaceAccess.createNewEditor("xml",
"text/xml", myXmlContentAsUnformattedString);
    WSEditor newEditor =
pluginWorkspaceAccess.getEditorAccess(newEditorUrl,
PluginWorkspace.MAIN_EDITING_AREA);
    WSEditorPage newEditorPage = newEditor.getCurrentPage();
    if(newEditorPage instanceof WSXMLTextEditorPage) {
        WSXMLTextEditorPage newXmlEditorPage =
(WSXMLTextEditorPage)newEditorPage;
        // https://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic13197.html
        Object formatAndIndentAction =
newXmlEditorPage.getActionsProvider().getTextActions().get("Source/Pretty_print_tooltip");
       
newXmlEditorPage.getActionsProvider().invokeAction(formatAndIndentAction);
    }

However, the format and indet snippet is from a forum answer from 2016
and seems to be a workaround if I read Radu's answer correctly:
https://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic13197.html

Calling an Action based on it's tooltip name seems to be quite hacky –
is this still the recommended solution?

I'm also wondering whether creating and opening a new editor the way I
did is the right/best way to do it.

Any suggestions?

Best regards,
Tobias

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