Is it possible to define my own errors in Eclipse?

Question

Is there a way to define my own compile errors for Eclipse? I want to throw compile errors if certain objects are not instantiated.

To give you exactly what I want to do:

I have an Assets class that holds null variables for all resources (images, sounds, etc.) and a LoadingScreen class that initializes all of these resource objects. If I add a resource to the Assets class but not to the LoadingScreen class, it will mess up the whole application. I want to see an error in eclipse if the variables in the Assets class are not also initialized in LoadingScreen.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

I agree with LaurentG, I think you should solve this problem at Java level. For example, you could have a method which does at the end some final checks where you would check if any of your resources have a null pointer and throw a custom exception if you detect any.

if (resourceObject==null) {
throw new CustomException("Null pointer for resource object detected");
}

public class CustomException extends Exception {
   public CustomException (String errorMsg) {
   super(errorMsg);
  }
}

However, there are too many unknowns to give a really precise and accurate answer. Some code would definitely help.

Answer 2

I think you can create a new plugin or modify jdt. The errors are detected when compiling using eclipse Batch compiler. You should take a look at this, and this.