On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 13:49 -0800, Michael Walker wrote:
> Ramesh, what's your take on providing template code vs.
> auto-generating code using the standard Eclipse mechanisms, and
> augmenting it as needed?

As I understand even the standard Eclipse mechanisms use some kind of
templates as a starting point to generate the "targets", like the ones
that Sanjay mentioned earlier in the thread.

When we say template code, we will put in something like

public class ${name}Connector extends Connector{
       public Connection getConnection(){
               return new ${name}Connection();
       }
}

which will generate code like (assumed that name of my connector is
"Google")

public class GoogleConnector extends Connector{
       public Connection getConnection(){
               return new GoogleConnection();
       }
}


obviously, there is big task of keeping the template code in-line with
Connector API/Base classes.

However, if there is alternative way to keep them in sync always, I
would prefer that. Do you think there is way in eclipse to accomplish
this? If so, can you please share your experience.

Thanks

Ramesh..