Add file behind the scenes to vscode workspace

[avii-ahuja]

I've been following the React example and I want to add an XML file behind the scenes to the workspace. This is because the language server that I'm using needs to have an XML catalog file in the workspace to work correctly. How do i do this? So far, I've done something like this -
https://github.com/avii-ahuja/monaco-languageclient/blob/main/packages/examples/src/common/client-commons.ts

// create the model
    const uri = Uri.parse("/workspace/vocabulary/pizza.oml");
    const modelRef = await createModelReference(uri, config.content);
    modelRef.object.setLanguageId("oml");

    //     const catalogRef = await createModelReference(
    //         Uri.parse("/workspace/catalog.xml"),
    // "
    //     );
    // const catalogCode = fs.readFileSync(
    //     "/Users/avii/Desktop/monaco-languageclient/packages/examples/src/common/catalog.xml",
    //     "utf-8"
    // );
    const rawText = await fetch(raw);
    const xmlText = await rawText.text();
    const catalogRef = await createModelReference(
        Uri.parse("/workspace/catalog.xml"),
        xmlText
    );

pizza.oml is the file being edited, and I need to insert catalog.xml in the workspace (but it should be invisible to the editor).

[cdietrich]

This is because the language server that I'm using needs to have an XML catalog file in the workspace to work correctly

when and how does it need it

[cdietrich]

the problem is that the catalog thing seems to be highly custom to the impl of the server.
i dont think they do it on initialize but on the fly.

=> ootb this wont work unless you put the catalog.xml to what ever OmlUriResolver
does think about the uri of the oml file you open.
if that one is

" file:///workspace/"
you need to put it there

[cdietrich]

all the calls go though LanguageServerImpl on server side

[avii-ahuja]

I'm trying to put the file there, my code has the xml catalog file in the workspace. Is there another way to put the catalog file in the workspace or am I misunderstanding?

[cdietrich]

again. this is convention when you start the server.
why dont you put the file in the workspace when you start the server?

the idea of the protocol is that server and client share the workspace and everything else is convention between client and server

[cdietrich]

maybe you can use a command or a custom lsp extension (server and client side) to pass the config to the server and write it there