Chapter 5. Code Generation
In this chapter you will learn how to write a code generator for your Xtext DSL using the Xtend programming language. Using the Entities DSL that we developed in the previous chapters, we will write a code generator which, for each entity declaration, will generate the corresponding Java class. We will also see how the code generator is automatically integrated by Xtext into the Eclipse builder infrastructure. Finally, the DSL implementation can be exported as a Java standalone command-line compiler.
Introduction to code generation
After a program written in your DSL has been parsed and validated, you might want to do something with the parsed EMF model, that is, the AST of that program. Typically, you may want to generate ...
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