Configuration files

Configuration files are basically main files, that define what base resources are used to invoke which generators to produce code.

This is simple example of the configuration file:

package main

import (
	"github.com/gophergala2016/gogen"
	"github.com/gophergala2016/gogen/generator"
	"github.com/gophergala2016/gogen/model"
)

func main() {
	// Define resources that should be available to
	// generators.
	gogen.Define(model.User)

	// set output for the generator
	generator.Model.SetOutputDir("./model")

	// Define pipes that should be run
	gogen.Pipe(
		generator.Model,
	)

	// start the generator
	if err := gogen.Generate(); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

You can see, it consists of some blocks:

• firstly we define resources that we want to work with via the Define() function
• (optional) next, we can setup the generators in case they provide customization methods
• now we define the pipes via Pipe() function. This allows us to share resources between generators
• start the generator