Acceleo - Let's start with an Android example
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This document provides a tutorial on using Acceleo for code generation in Android applications, specifically a case study on the 'mycontacts' application. It covers the setup process, model requirements, and workflow initialization while outlining advanced features and incremental generation techniques. The goal is to equip beginners and Acceleo enthusiasts with practical knowledge to create efficient code generators.
![Acceleo Code Generation
Let's start with an Android example
A little bit about incremental generation
« My web service is conserved when I generate the application again »
→ Defining specific coding zones with user tags [protected]
→ Using JMerge with the @generated annotation
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Acceleo - Let's start with an Android example
- 1. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Jonathan Musset - jonathan.musset@obeo.fr Obeo 1
- 2. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Acceleo : what's that new code generation engine? Meta-model and templates based technology Implementation of the Model To Text OMG standard (MTL) Eclipse Modelling / M2T project Pragmatic approach – How to start from example? © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 3. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example This is a Quick Tutorial – My goals Beginners will see a simple but concrete case-study Acceleo addicts will discover some new killing features Android experts will learn enough of the basics to be able to create advanced code generator in a few days. As you will see, I'm not an Android expert... © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 4. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Prototype based approach – Starting from an example A classic example of Android application : « MyContacts » « We would like to be able to fully generate the same kind of application » MyContacts © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 5. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example The prototype sources and the model Different kinds of sources to be generated! Java UI, Java DB, XML, properties... The model must contain all the specific settings of the application Android Activity, Entity Fields... One model element → « N » generated text parts © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 6. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Initialize the Android code generation project An MTL file for each kind of generated file © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 7. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Initialize the workflow – The main entry point An MTL file that calls the other ones... (Mentioned in the OMG specification) Java / MWE / ANT? Call the Java Standalone API to run the code generation! © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 8. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Editing the code generator – Quick replacement © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 9. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Editing the code generator – Quick hierarchy tree © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 10. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Run and test the generated version of the prototype MyContacts © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 11. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Run on other models to create new applications... © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 12. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example A little bit about incremental generation « My web service is conserved when I generate the application again » → Defining specific coding zones with user tags [protected] → Using JMerge with the @generated annotation © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 13. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Workbench Acceleo views – Edit and maintain! The « Result View » to show how the text and the model are synchronized The « Overrides View » to override an existing template behavior The « Patterns View » to define your own completion proposal © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 14. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Conclusion Now you can make a complete Android code generator (more widgets...) We plan to have Acceleo graduate along with the Helios release Version 3.0 – The last stable release out of Eclipse was 2.x © Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010
- 15. Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android example Jonathan Musset - jonathan.musset@obeo.fr Obeo 15