Acceleo - Let’s start with an Android example

Acceleo Code GenerationLet's start with an Android exampleJonathan Musset - jonathan.musset@obeo.frObeo1Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleAcceleo : what's that new code generation engine?Meta-model and templates based technologyImplementation of the Model To Text OMG standard (MTL)Eclipse Model ing / M2T projectPragmatic approach – How to start from example?© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleThis is a Quick Tutorial – My goalsBeginners wil see a simple but concrete case-studyAcceleo addicts wil discover some new kil ing featuresAndroid experts wil learn enough of the basics to be able to create advanced code generator in a few days. As you wil see, I'm not an Android expert. .© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android examplePrototype based approach – Starting from an exampleA classic example of Android application : « MyContacts »« We would like to be able to ful y generate the same kind of application »MyContacts© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleThe prototype sources and the modelDifferent kinds of sources to be generated!Java UI, Java DB, XML, properties. .The model must contain al the specific settings of the applicationAndroid Activity, Entity Fields. .One model element → « N » generated text parts© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleInitialize the Android code generation projectAn MTL file for each kind of generated file© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleInitialize the workflow – The main entry pointAn MTL file that cal s the other ones. . (Mentioned in the OMG specification)Java / MWE / ANT? Cal the Java Standalone API to run the code generation!© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleEditing the code generator – Quick replacement© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleEditing the code generator – Quick hierarchy tree© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Acceleo Code Generation Let's start with an Android exampleRun and test the generated version of the prototypeMyContacts© Copyright Obeo | 22 March, 2010Document Outline

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