In an earlier article, you learned how to use an Eclipse plugin that supports XDoclet to administer a JBoss application server. Now, take it to the next level: Learn how to use the XDoclet plugin to generate code via a simple servlet-driven, EJB-based example.
by Javid Jamae,
Kulvir Singh Bhogal
March 31, 2004
Doclet is a code generation engine that enables a concept known as Attribute-Oriented Programming. To use XDoclet, a programmer adds metadata (attributes) for classes and methods within the JavaDoc for their source. XDoclet can then scour your source files for these attributes and generates artifacts that are necessary for your application. XDoclet is executed from within Jakarta Ant, using a set of custom Ant tasks.
XDoclet can be used to generate files for Web applications, EJBs, Castor, Hibernate, JDO, Struts and a number of other tools.
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Doclet is a code generation engine that enables a concept known as Attribute-Oriented Programming. To use XDoclet, a programmer adds metadata (attributes) for classes and methods within the JavaDoc for their source. XDoclet can then scour your source files for these attributes and generates artifacts that are necessary for your application. XDoclet is executed from within Jakarta Ant, using a set of custom Ant tasks.
