An eclipse plugin that generates code based on a Freemarker template and JDT API
Templator 1.0.1 (1.924 MB) -- 20 Mar 2013
Plugin installs a simple popup menu "Generate From Template" when the user right clicks on a file ending with .gen.
To get started, i recommend keeping your generator files in a generator folder.
The generator instructions are in a file ending with .gen. The instructions are in JSON format
{
"classNames":[
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass1",
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass2",
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass3",
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass4"
],
"templateName":"generate_test.ftl",
"outputFileTemplate":"src/test/java/fully/qualified/package/${unit.types[0].elementName}Test.java"
}
The classNames provide the context for each invocation of the templateName ( in this case "generate_test.ftl"). This context is provided as "unit" variable in the freemarker template. This variable is an instance of org.eclipse.jdt.core.api.ICompilationUnit.
The other object available in the freemarker context is "helper" variable which is an instance of Helper class.
The output is directed to the name generated from outputFileTemplate which is also freemarker string with the same context as the templateName
Another ability is to provide context to all the classes as "units" variable which is a HashMap of the simple name of the main type in each unit and the unit. In that case the template called once with all the units in the context. In that case, the outputFileTemplate is interpreted as is and not as a freemarker template. To enable this mode add a "doAll" variable and set it to true in the .gen file
{
"classNames":[
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass1",
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass2",
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass3",
"fully.qualified.package.SampleClass4"
],
"templateName":"generate_dot_diagram.ftl",
"outputFileTemplate":"class_relationship.dot",
"doAll": "true"
}
A sample application borrowing some classes from the PetStore java application. It uses freemarker template to generate class relationship diagram in dot format (graphviz).
Take a look at the generator folder under that project. Once the plugin is installed, you should be able to right click on the generate_graph_relationships.gen and click on Generate From Template. That will create the object_relationships.dot which when viewed with graphviz looks like this.
