[antlr-interest] Generating text from models

[Oliver Zeigermann]

I think what you were looking for is not Xtext, but raher Xpand2:

http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/oaw/doc/4.3/html/contents/core_reference.html#xpand_reference_introduction

which allows you to generate code from models (there are different
types of models you can use). Especially, you can use EMF models based
on XMI exported by many UML tools.

Xtext instead allows you to define a simple grammar and generates a
- meta model,
- parser, and
- graphical editor based on Eclipse RCP

Cheers

Oliver

2008/12/4 Arnulf Heller <aheller at gmx.at>:
> Xtext is a good example of an open source tool that translates models
> into code using ANTLR
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Xtext
>
> it's part of openArchitectureWare
> http://www.openarchitectureware.org/
>
> which in turn is part of topcased (I think):
> http://topcased.gforge.enseeiht.fr/
>
> At 00:14 04.12.2008, Mike Pagel wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>
>>first of all: I am pretty new to ANTLR and to this mailing list. I did
>>search the archive for information but could not find anything
>>addressing my question. If it's in there, just send the link, please...
>>
>>Now:
>>
>>I am coming from a modeling (UML-like, graphical DSLs) background, where
>>you typically design the abstract syntax of a language in form of a
>>meta-model consisting of meta-classes, their attributes and relations
>>among each other. I have used a number of code generators before but I
>>am wondering whether ANTLR can also generate code from models
>>(=meta-model instances). By this I mean by using grammars similar to how
>>ASTs are walked in a tree grammar.
>>
>>Does something like this already exist? That way you could also generate
>>code from business objects (POJOs) through reflection...
>>
>>Any input and direction is welcome. If this is something not
>>done/possible so far I might try and explore this route a bit.
>>
>>Thanks a lot,
>>Mike
>>
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