com.taursys.tools
Class CodeGenerator

java.lang.Object
  com.taursys.tools.CodeGenerator

public class CodeGenerator

extends java.lang.Object

CodeGenerator is a singleton which generates code using Velocity

Version:

1.0

Author:

Marty Phelan

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

TEMPLATES_PATH

Method Summary

void	generateCode(java.lang.String templateName, org.apache.velocity.context.Context context, java.lang.String srcPath, java.lang.String packageName, java.lang.String className) Generates the source code using the Velocity Engine and the template
static CodeGenerator	getInstance() Gets the singleton instance of the CodeGenerator.
void	initialize() Initializes the CodeGenerator engine if not already initialized Initializes the internal VelocityEngine with this CodeGenerator's properties.
void	setProperties(java.util.Properties properties) Sets all properties used by this CodeGenerator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TEMPLATES_PATH

public static final java.lang.String TEMPLATES_PATH

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

setProperties

public void setProperties(java.util.Properties properties)

Sets all properties used by this CodeGenerator

getInstance

public static CodeGenerator getInstance()

Gets the singleton instance of the CodeGenerator.

Returns:

a singleton CodeGenerator

initialize

public void initialize()
                throws java.lang.Exception

Initializes the CodeGenerator engine if not already initialized Initializes the internal VelocityEngine with this CodeGenerator's properties. All the properties have default values. This method will simply return if this CodeGenerator is already initialized.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if problem initializing the engine

generateCode

public void generateCode(java.lang.String templateName,
                         org.apache.velocity.context.Context context,
                         java.lang.String srcPath,
                         java.lang.String packageName,
                         java.lang.String className)
                  throws java.lang.Exception

Generates the source code using the Velocity Engine and the template

Parameters:

templateName - to produce Java code

context - which contains data to merge into template

srcPath - is path where source should be stored

packageName - is java package name which whill be appended to srcPath

className - is java class name and file name

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if problem creating file or running template