[antlr-interest] Generating text from models

Arnulf Heller aheller at gmx.at
Thu Dec 4 10:24:08 PST 2008


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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