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Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation

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On 12.09.2011 19:04, markspace wrote:
> On 9/12/2011 9:56 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>
>> The only reason I can think of which would require to generate code
>> would be ultra high speed requirements.
>
>
> I think generated code is somewhat more common that you assume. Since
> the JVM byte codes and class format is public and relatively stable,
> it's quite easy to generate code in a manner that's compatible with
> many, or all, JVMs.
>
> There's also things you can't do at runtime. For example, the Proxy
> class requires an interface to extend. But many POJO objects don't
> declare a separate interface. And requiring the programmer to declare an
> interface for all POJO types within a framework is pretty odious, and
> old school.
>
> I'm playing around with JSF and JPA right now. I notice that all my
> Entity classes are decorated by extending them with generated code. I'm
> sure if there were a better way to do it, they would. But the generated
> code seems to be the way to go in this instance.

OK, good point!  I had generation of boilerplate code (e.g. via things 
like XDoclet) in mind which is really 20th century. :-)  Depending on 
the use case reflection could still be sufficiently fast enough - and 
it's likely simpler than byte code generation.

Kind regards

	robert

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Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation Alex J <vstrength@gmail.com> - 2011-09-12 06:21 -0700
  Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-09-12 18:56 +0200
    Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation markspace <-@.> - 2011-09-12 10:04 -0700
      Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-09-12 19:22 +0200
        Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation Alex J <vstrength@gmail.com> - 2011-09-12 11:08 -0700
    Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation Alex J <vstrength@gmail.com> - 2011-09-12 11:00 -0700
      Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-09-12 20:21 +0200
        Re: Annotations processing + type introspection + code generation Alex J <vstrength@gmail.com> - 2011-09-12 15:06 -0700

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