can i use kotlinpoet to generate .kts files ? i wa...

# squarelibraries

[Nikky]

can i use kotlinpoet to generate .kts files ?
i was looking for a way to add toplevel statements but that seems to not be possible with kotlinpoet

[egorand]

hmm, that’s an interesting use case

[egorand]

would that be as simple as adding addCode to FileSpec.Builder? and maybe a few helper methods similar to other spec builders?

[Nikky]

kotlin scripts are written as if you were writing a function body, so i think a FileScriptSpec that saves it as .kts and has a addCode(CodeBlock) function

[Nikky]

it looks like a bunch oftop-level statements when looking at a kts script usually

[egorand]

not sure I like the idea of introducing a new spec for it.. can you still add types, funs and vals to a script?

[Nikky]

also for resolving imports the script configuration would be important.. as that can have default imports that need not to be specified in the kts file anymore

[Nikky]

all of those yes

[Nikky]

imports are not super important.. just wanted to mention it

[egorand]

let me file an issue to discuss possible solutions

[Nikky]

btw this is the script definition for what i want to generate code:
https://github.com/DaemonicLabs/Voodoo/blob/master/dsl/src/main/kotlin/voodoo/script/MainScriptEnv.kt
default imports are definedh ere: https://github.com/DaemonicLabs/Voodoo/blob/master/dsl/src/main/kotlin/voodoo/script/MainScriptEnvConfiguration.kt#L9-L15

[Nikky]

and this is the workaround i am using atm: https://github.com/DaemonicLabs/Voodoo/blob/master/poet/src/main/kotlin/voodoo/PoetPack.kt#L305-L313

[egorand]

thanks!

[Nikky]

poke me with the issue or i can make the issue / feature request if you want ?

[egorand]

here’s the ticket https://github.com/square/kotlinpoet/issues/608

[egorand]

PRs welcome! but first let’s decide which way to go about it

[Nikky]

i assume a dependency on the kotlin scripting stuff is not a option... too big and useless for anyone not doing scripting..

[Nikky]

so the default imports coul be passed as a list of imports to add by default and remove in the generated code..

[egorand]

is the idea that you just set them up in a single file and don’t have to declare them again in other files? does this help avoid tons of import statements in scripts?

[Nikky]

no its more like the ScriptCompilationConfiguration declares them and idea also respects that info for highlighting

[egorand]

trying to figure whether this is something we have to explicitly support

[Nikky]

its declared by the code evaluating the scripts,
if the imports are there it just deduplicates them on loading.. but it would be nice to have

[egorand]

yeah, you can generate that code with existing API though