WOGen has been available for the last 5 (?) years and *is* an
EOGenerator replacement. And in fact is uses Velocity templates
(which is also my preference over WO tags in this case).
http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOL/WOGen
IIRC there were some complaints about this or that feature missing
from it, but well, it can be added. And if there are volunteers to
upgrade it to Cayenne 2.0 backend, it can take advantage of the much
improved template extension mechanism in the new Cayenne.
Andrus
On Mar 12, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Brusowankin, David S [CCC-OT_IT] wrote:
> How about Jakarta Velocity?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Huss [mailto:johnthus..mail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:00 AM
>> To: woproject-de..bjectstyle.org
>> Subject: EOGenerator Replacement
>>
>> 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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