Chapter 7. Generative Programming
Generative programming (GP) is code reuse via the automation of code development. Instead of writing Java code directly, you describe a problem in a specification language tailored to the problem space, and then you employ a tool to generate the necessary Java source code or bytecode. Java is widely hailed as a language suitable for object-oriented development, but it is equally suited for GP. In fact, object-oriented programming and GP are complementary, and many of the most exciting technologies in the Java world today combine the two. This chapter has four purposes:
Present the motivations for using GP.
Develop a taxonomy of the binding times and modes that are possible in Java and the tools that each employs. ...
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