Debug/view source of GWT generated java code

Question

What are my options for being able to view the generated code from my custom GWT generator (com.google.gwt.core.ext.Generator).

I have been compleplating creating my own source writer that prints out the source in system.out etc, which I have managed to do but it all seems very hard and not very easy to use.

Sometimes I just break the generated code on purpose so that the broken file is printed out in the temp folder, works quite well.

There must be a better way...I'm sure I'm missing something.

Answer 1

To write the generated Java source (i.e. not the generated JavaScript) into a directory when you run the GWT-Compiler, simply add the gwtc compiler option "-gen", with a target directory.