Using Stratego/XT for generation of software connectors.

This document discusses using Stratego/XT to generate software connectors. It proposes designing a domain specific language called ElLang-J, which is a mixture of ElLang and Java, to define templates for connector element implementations. The templates would be evaluated using Stratego/XT to generate Java source code for the connectors. The solution involves a Java part to prepare low-level connector configuration and a Stratego part to generate code from the templates and configuration. Evaluation finds advantages in the extensible templates but also disadvantages in Stratego/XT being C-based while the rest of the generator is Java.