RE: [Arch4j-users] Source CodeGenerator-- Gatther imports

[Ross G. <rgr...@sp...>]

Thanks for checking out Arch4J.  There is a start to the documentation
effort on the Arch4J home page, http://arch4j.sourceforge.net
<http://arch4j.sourceforge.net>   and a component guide for the generator at
http://arch4j.sourceforge.net/components/generator/index.html
<http://arch4j.sourceforge.net/components/generator/index.html>   Take a
look at the method named testJavaSourceFile() in the GeneratorTest JUnit
class.  It is an example of how to paste together the various pieces,
programmatically, of a Java file.
 
The intention of the class is for developers to create their own template
classes which define the structure of a destination Java class, defining the
template with a JavaSourceFile and all of the other generator components.
The specifics of generating an instance of a class through your template is
then up to you.  Your template could be a class with a main method, which
takes specific arguments from the command line, such as the class name, etc.
then use that to generate the class.
 
We are currently working to improve the documentation and to come up with
some better examples to show this "template" style of development.  Stay
tuned!
 
A default constructor was intentionally left out of the definition of the
JavaSourceFile class.  This forces consumers to specify the sourcePath and
the object definition when creating an instance of a JavaSourceFile.  You
can easily extend the class, as long as you declare a constructor that has
the same signature.  You are then free to add any other constructors you
wish.
 
If you make improvements to the code that others could benefit from, let me
know and I'll work on integrating them in to the main source tree.
 
Thanks,
 
Ross Greinke

-----Original Message-----
From: kiran malla


Hi,
    I am new to arc4j.. we intend to use code generator component.The
component is good but there is no proper documentation availabe to implement
the functionality except Java Apis . we have one doubt. some of the methods
have been delcared as protected in JavaSourceFile class. this class is
without a default constructor. Hence we are unable to extend it in our code.
kindly suggest how we can use the methods.. we are mainly interested in the
gatherimports method.
 
Regards,
Kiran Malla.