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Code generation using XSLT

Build a flexible framework with open source tools

Leigh Dodds (leigh@xmlhack.com), Developer and editor, Ingenta, Ltd.
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Leigh Dodds is currently employed as an Engineering Manager at Ingenta. He has been developing applications on the Java platform since 1997, and has spent the last four years working with XML and related technologies. Leigh is also a contributing editor to xmlhack, and between February 2000 and June 2002, wrote the weekly "XML-Deviant" column for XML.com. He holds a Bachelors degree in biological Science, and a Masters in computing. As being the father of a lively 18 month old (Ethan) is a full-time job in itself, Leigh currently spends his copious amount of free time investigating how to improve the speed of manufacturing of Round Tuits, which he believes will revolutionize the parenting business.

Summary:  The automated generation of code, when applied correctly, can be a powerful engineering technique. This tutorial provides a basic introduction to code generation concepts, and in particular introduces XSLT as a code generation tool. The tutorial also discusses the limitations of XSLT when generating code, and demonstrates how to compensate for some of these issues using a flexible framework built with open source tools, such as Ant and Jalopy. This simple but powerful framework can be applied to the generation of many different types of code.

Date:  28 Apr 2003
Level:  Introductory
PDF:  A4 and Letter (113 KB | 31 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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  • The EXSLT community initiative is a great place to download XSLT extensions. Uche Ogbuji's developerWorks article "EXSLT by example" uses practical examples to introduce and demonstrate some useful EXSLT functions (February 2003).

  • IBM WebSphere Studio provides a suite of tools that automate XML development, both in Java and in other languages. It is closely integrated with the WebSphere Application Server, but can also be used with other J2EE servers.

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