Change how data-workspace activates project extensions (#21470)

* change how data workspace activates project extensions

* cleanup

* undo whitespace change

* Update extensions/data-workspace/src/services/workspaceService.ts

Co-authored-by: Charles Gagnon <chgagnon@microsoft.com>

* activate extensions on data workspace new and open commands

* Update extensions/data-workspace/src/services/workspaceService.ts

Co-authored-by: Charles Gagnon <chgagnon@microsoft.com>

Co-authored-by: Charles Gagnon <chgagnon@microsoft.com>

extensions/data-workspace/src/main.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<IExten
 
 	const registerCommandStartTime = new Date().getTime();
 	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('projects.new', async () => {
+		// Make sure all project providing extensions are activated to be sure the project templates show up
+		await workspaceService.ensureProviderExtensionLoaded(undefined, true);
+
 		if (azdataApi) {
 			const dialog = new NewProjectDialog(workspaceService);
 			await dialog.open();
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<IExten
 	}));
 
 	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('projects.openExisting', async () => {
+		// Make sure all project providing extensions are activated so that all supported project types show up in the file filter
+		await workspaceService.ensureProviderExtensionLoaded(undefined, true);
+
 		if (azdataApi) {
 			const dialog = new OpenExistingDialog(workspaceService);
 			await dialog.open();

extensions/data-workspace/src/services/workspaceService.ts

@@ -255,8 +255,9 @@ export class WorkspaceService implements IWorkspaceService {
 	/**
 	 * Ensure the project provider extension for the specified project is loaded
 	 * @param projectType The file extension of the project, if not specified, all project provider extensions will be loaded.
+	 * @param forceActivate forces project providing extensions to be activated if true
 	 */
-	private async ensureProviderExtensionLoaded(projectType: string | undefined = undefined): Promise<void> {
+	public async ensureProviderExtensionLoaded(projectType: string | undefined = undefined, forceActivate: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
 		const projType = projectType ? projectType.toUpperCase() : undefined;
 		let extension: vscode.Extension<any>;
 		for (extension of vscode.extensions.all) {
@@ -265,20 +266,41 @@ export class WorkspaceService implements IWorkspaceService {
 			if (projectTypes && projectTypes.length > 0) {
 				if (projType) {
 					if (projectTypes.findIndex((proj: string) => proj.toUpperCase() === projType) !== -1) {
-						await this.handleProjectProviderExtension(extension);
+						await this.handleProjectProviderExtension(extension, forceActivate);
 						break;
 					}
 				} else {
-					await this.handleProjectProviderExtension(extension);
+					await this.handleProjectProviderExtension(extension, forceActivate);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	private async handleProjectProviderExtension(extension: vscode.Extension<any>): Promise<void> {
+	/**
+	 * Ensures project provider extension is activated and registered
+	 * @param extension Extension to activate and register
+	 * @param forceActivate Activates the extension if true. If false, only activates the extension if the workspace contains a file with the extension's project type
+	 */
+	private async handleProjectProviderExtension(extension: vscode.Extension<any>, forceActivate: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
 		try {
 			if (!extension.isActive) {
+				if (forceActivate) {
 					await extension.activate();
+				} else {
+					const projectTypes = extension.packageJSON.contributes?.projects as string[] | undefined;
+					if (!projectTypes) {
+						return;
+					}
+
+					for (const projType of projectTypes) {
+						const projFilesInWorkspace = await vscode.workspace.findFiles(`**/*.${projType}`);
+						if (projFilesInWorkspace.length > 0) {
+							// only try to activate the extension if the workspace has at least one project with that extension
+							await extension.activate();
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		} catch (err) {
 			Logger.error(constants.ExtensionActivationError(extension.id, err));

extensions/sql-database-projects/package.json

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
   "icon": "images/sqlDatabaseProjects.png",
   "aiKey": "29a207bb14f84905966a8f22524cb730-25407f35-11b6-4d4e-8114-ab9e843cb52f-7380",
   "activationEvents": [
-    "onCommand:sqlDatabaseProjects.new",
-    "onCommand:sqlDatabaseProjects.open",
     "onCommand:sqlDatabaseProjects.createProjectFromDatabase",
     "onCommand:sqlDatabaseProjects.updateProjectFromDatabase",
     "onCommand:sqlDatabaseProjects.generateProjectFromOpenApiSpec",