Can't run generator.dart

[jamcoupe]

Whenever I try running 'dart -c bin/generator.dart' I get this error.

entryPoint: web/main.dart
classAnnotations: angular.core.NgComponent, angular.core.NgController, angular.core.NgDirective, angular.core.NgFilter, injectable.InjectableService, angular.core.service.NgInjectableService
output: web/di_factories_gen.dart
packageRoots: [packages]
Unhandled exception:
The null object does not have a getter 'context'.

NoSuchMethodError : method not found: 'context'
Receiver: null
Arguments: []
#0      Object.noSuchMethod (dart:core-patch/object_patch.dart:45)
#1      SourceCrawler.crawl (package:di/generator.dart:244:9)
#2      generateCode (package:di/generator.dart:51:10)
#3      main (package:di/generator.dart:34:26)
#4      _runDiGenerator (file:///Users/../http/angular.dart.tutorial/Chapter_07/bin/generator.dart:36:20)
#5      main (file:///Users/../http/angular.dart.tutorial/Chapter_07/bin/generator.dart:22:18)
#6      _startIsolate.isolateStartHandler (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:216)
#7      _RawReceivePortImpl._handleMessage (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:115)

[kwalrath]

@chalin or @vicb does this sound familiar?

[chalin]

Doesn't ring a bell. Will check it out as soon as I can.

[kwalrath]

Thanks very much, Patrice.

[bgourlie]

A lot of code generation stuff appears to have changed in 0.9.9. The template_cache_generator appears to be inherently broken (see dart-archive/angular.dart#750).

Also, something has changed with the way the StaticParser is to be configured (See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22488440/what-do-i-do-with-the-file-created-by-the-expression-generator-as-of-angular-dar)

[mrteera]

I've got the similar error.

entryPoint: web/main.dart
classAnnotations: angular.core.NgComponent, angular.core.NgController, angular.core.NgDirective, angular.core.NgFilter, injectable.InjectableService, angular.core.service.NgInjectableService
output: web/di_factories_gen.dart
packageRoots: [packages]
Unhandled exception:
type '_LinkedHashSet<String>' is not a subtype of type 'List<String>' of 'exprs'.
#0      ParserGetterSetter.generateParser (package:angular/tools/parser_getter_setter/generator.dart:37:31)
#1      main.<anonymous closure> (package:angular/tools/expression_extractor.dart:66:52)
#2      _rootRun (dart:async/zone.dart:710)
#3      _rootRun (dart:async/zone.dart:711)
#4      _rootRun (dart:async/zone.dart:711)
#5      _ZoneDelegate.run (dart:async/zone.dart:440)
#6      _CustomizedZone.run (dart:async/zone.dart:650)
#7      runZoned (dart:async/zone.dart:944)
#8      main (package:angular/tools/expression_extractor.dart:64:11)
#9      _runNgGenerator (file:///home/../Chapter_07/bin/generator.dart:50:20)
#10     main (file:///home/../Chapter_07/bin/generator.dart:30:18)
#11     _startIsolate.isolateStartHandler (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:216)
#12     _RawReceivePortImpl._handleMessage (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:115)

[kwalrath]

I'm getting a similar error.

[kwalrath]

@pavelgj do we even need the generator now? "Now" meaning 0.9.10 or any subsequent release?

[pavelgj]

Guess not. Should switch to transformers.

[kwalrath]

I'll update the page to say that it's going to change very soon.

[kwalrath]

Page updated, and new text is ready to go once 0.9.11 is out.