EOGenerator Replacement

From: John Huss (johnthus..mail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2007 - 10:59:34 EDT

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    There was a discussion a while back about replacing EOGenerator
    because it's dependence on some old libraries. How about using
    WebObjects as the template engine instead of MiscMerge? WO can make
    any kind of textual content, so why not make it a code generator?

    I see these advantages:

    1) Removes dependence on old libraries and puts the new dependence on
    WO itself, which is safe since if WO went away this tool would be
    useless anyway

    2) It would be cross-platform, since it's pure Java. Currently you
    can't run EOGenerator on Windows without the dlls shipping with WO
    5.2. This is one of the main reasons WO development on Windows (with
    WO 5.3) is not feasible.

    3) Templates using WO syntax would be easier for WO developers to edit
    and maintain than the MiscMerge ones

    4) It would be quick to write (I bet) since there are many experienced
    WO developers here

    What are your thoughts?

    John Huss

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