Automatically generate UUID filename when saving

[Rodrik]

Is it possible using the SDK to get Oxygen Author to automatically generate a filename comprising a UUID plus file extension?

Regards

Rodrik

[Radu]

Hi Rodrik,

This could be done implementing a plugin for Oxygen using our Plugins SDK:

http://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_sdk.htm ... er_Plugins

We have a type of plugin called "Workspace Access", there is a sample implementation + Java sources in the Plugins SDK.

Such a Java-based plugin would basically intercept the save events when a newly created document is untitled and show an alternative chooser dialog to the user, then save the topic with the proper name, the Java code for something like this would be like:

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  private static class CustomEdListener extends WSEditorListener{

    private final WSEditor editor;

    private final StandalonePluginWorkspace pluginWorkspaceAccess;

    private boolean saving = false;

    public CustomEdListener(StandalonePluginWorkspace pluginWorkspaceAccess, WSEditor editor) {

      this.pluginWorkspaceAccess = pluginWorkspaceAccess;

      this.editor = editor;

    }

    /**

     * @see ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.listeners.WSEditorListener#editorAboutToBeSavedVeto(int)

     */

    @Override

    public boolean editorAboutToBeSavedVeto(int operationType) {

      if(! saving && editor.getEditorLocation().toString().contains("Untitled")) {

        File chosenDir = pluginWorkspaceAccess.chooseDirectory();

        if(chosenDir != null) {

          final File chosenFile = new File(chosenDir, UUID.randomUUID().toString() + ".dita");

          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override

            public void run() {

              try {

                saving = true;

                editor.saveAs(new URL(chosenFile.toURI().toASCIIString()));

              } catch (MalformedURLException e) {

                e.printStackTrace();

              } finally {

                saving = false;

              }

            }

          });

        }

        //Reject the original save request.

        return false;

      }

      return true;

    }

  }

  

  /**

   * @see ro.sync.exml.plugin.workspace.WorkspaceAccessPluginExtension#applicationStarted(ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.standalone.StandalonePluginWorkspace)

   */

  @Override

  public void applicationStarted(final StandalonePluginWorkspace pluginWorkspaceAccess) {

    pluginWorkspaceAccess.addEditorChangeListener(new WSEditorChangeListener() {

      /**

       * @see ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.listeners.WSEditorChangeListener#editorOpened(java.net.URL)

       */

      @Override

      public void editorOpened(URL editorLocation) {

        final WSEditor editor = pluginWorkspaceAccess.getEditorAccess(editorLocation, PluginWorkspace.MAIN_EDITING_AREA);

        if(editor != null && editor.getEditorLocation().toString().contains("Untitled")) {

          //Untitled editor

          editor.addEditorListener(new CustomEdListener(pluginWorkspaceAccess, editor));

        }

      }

    }, PluginWorkspace.MAIN_EDITING_AREA);

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Regards,
Radu

[Rodrik]

Hi Radu

Thank you for your detailed reply. I've passed your response on to one of my developer colleagues.

Regards

Rodrik

[Radu]

Hi,

Just to update this thread, the API ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.editor.WSEditorBase.isNewDocument() is a more elegant approach that can be used to check if a document is a newly created document or not.

Regards,
Radu