[jboss-dev-forums] [JBoss Tools Development] - Integrate with XText/JET/Xpand: Drop Freemarker as generatio

[luxspes]

Hi!
I like Freemarker, I really do, my first web application was built with Velocity, and I enjoyed it a lot back then, and Freemarker is even better, 
but support for Freemarker in Eclipse is very weak, and improving it is just not a priority for JBossTools development team 

Why not use something designed precisely for code generation and DSL definition, and that is being supported and enhanced by a team that is specially interested in improving the facilities for DSL definition and code generation inside Eclipse?

Have you guys thought about replacing the current Freemarker based templates with something like JET or Xpand? Or perhaps even creating a "Seam DSL" based on XText?

That way you could leave the problem or maintaining and improving the code generation platform to the XText/JET/Xpand team (and of course contribute back) and at the same time concentrate in improving the features of the generated application (more functionality, support of other languages, user-friendly and concise Seam DSL, etc)

What do you think about this?

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