Expose launch function

[jetbrains]

Expose launch function

[AlexanderPrendota]

also I added a little bit API spec 60282e.

What do you think about it?

[AlexanderPrendota]

I don't think it's a kotlin playground component issue. It's just a plain component to embed in websites for running code. It should not have to adapt to each client.
However you could add the new event function you want.

[gzoritchak]

However you could add the new event function you want.

I don't understand what you mean.

It's not about adapting to each client. Launching the execution from the API seems to be a pretty generic feature. Each client may have its own UI and want to decide at what moment execute the code. We want to produce this kind of tutorials but without launching all the code by default. We launch it if the bottom of the editor is visible.

Our code is working without problem. It's just that we had access to the view.execute() function to launch the code. And if you change the structure of the editor, it will not work anymore.

[AlexanderPrendota]

Okay. I added a little patch eb985d.

Try to use getInstance function.
for example:

function getInstance(instance) {
   instance.execute();
}
const eventFunctions = { getInstance: getInstance(instance)};
playground('.selector', eventFunctions)

[gzoritchak]

Thank's a lot, it's working fine.

I have only one concern about the name of the function. getInstance is not easy to understand because you are not calling getInstance but instead giving a function that is going to be called to retrieve the executor. Maybe something like grabExecutor, instanciatedExecutorCallback... ? Executor is more precise than "instance" and also the API should emphasize the idea that, as a client of the API, you give a function to be notified of the instanciated executor.

[AlexanderPrendota]

🤔
If you print instance parameter like

function getInstance(instance) {
   console.log(instance)
}

You may see the current playground state and that state has the execute method to run the code.

ps. I like grabExecutor 🙂

[AlexanderPrendota]

meet 1.15.0