Generate XML attribute definitions for Kahua apps or supplements directly from selected text in Visual Studio Code.
Features
Provides two commands via the Command Palette:
Kahua: Create Attributes From Selection For Extension – uses the kahua.defaultPrefix.extension setting to build attribute names and tokens.
Kahua: Create Attributes From Selection For Supplement – uses the kahua.defaultPrefix.supplement setting instead.
Accepts multiple selected lines and turns each into five related XML fragments:
An <Attribute/> definition with label and description tokens.
A <Label/> entry referencing the generated key and value.
A <DataTag/> to provide metadata.
A <Field/> definition for a datastore.
A <FieldDef/> connecting the attribute to the data tag.
Supports user‑definable templates for token formats under the kahua.tokens.* namespace in your settings.
Copies the generated XML to your clipboard and notifies you when ready.
Usage
Install the extension via the VSIX package or clone this repository and run npm install followed by vsce package to build a VSIX.
Select one or more lines of text in your editor. Each line may contain a comma‑separated list:
AttributeName – just the attribute name. The generator will derive a prefix from the first <EntityDef Name="…"> in the current document and default the data type to Text.
AttributeName,Prefix – specify both the attribute name and a custom prefix. The data type again defaults to Text.
AttributeName,Prefix,DataType – specify the attribute name, a custom prefix and an explicit data type.
Whitespace around commas is ignored. Names are sanitized to remove non‑alphanumeric characters.
Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / ⌘⇧P) and run Kahua: Create Attributes From Selection For Extension or …For Supplement depending on your context.
The generated XML snippets are copied to your clipboard. Paste them wherever you need them.
Configuration
You can override the following settings in your workspace or user settings.json:
Setting
Default
Description
kahua.tokens.attributeLabelFormat
[{prefix}_{name}Label]
How to format the label token. {prefix} becomes the configured prefix, {name} becomes the sanitized attribute name.
kahua.tokens.attributeDescriptionFormat
[{prefix}_{name}Description]
How to format the description token.
kahua.tokens.dataTagNameFormat
{prefix}_{name}
How to format the DataTag name.
kahua.tokens.labelKeyFormat
{prefix}_{name}Label
The key used for each <Label/>.
kahua.tokens.labelValueFormat
{label}
The value placed inside each <Label/>. {label} represents the original selected line.
kahua.defaultPrefix.extension
empty string
Default prefix when generating app‑style attributes.
kahua.defaultPrefix.supplement
Inspections
Default prefix when generating supplement‑style attributes.
Development
This repository contains TypeScript sources. To build:
