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Acceleo

Revision as of 10:22, 10 June 2009 by Laurent.goubet.obeo.fr (Talk | contribs) (New & Noteworthy)

Introduction

The Acceleo Project (previously named MTL) is an open source component under the Eclipse Modelling / Model To Text (M2T) project [1]. Its primary goal is to provide an implementation of the MOF Model To Text OMG standard [2].

You do not need to be an expert to start using the plug-ins: using the provided example projects and the powerful completion feature of the Acceleo editor, it is very easy to get started once you understand the basic principles.

Concerning the language, almost all of the OMG specification keywords are supported (those marked with an asterisk are not fully supported yet):

module, import, extends, template, query, public, private, protected, guard, init,
overrides, each, before, after, for, if, elseif, else, let, elselet, trace*, macro*,
file, mode, text_explicit*, code_explicit*, super, stdout

For all the details about these keywords and the MOF Model to Text Language in general, you can consult the official MTL Specification available at the OMG website.

Features

The Acceleo template editor is associated with Acceleo source files (.mtl files) and provides all the features of a modern programming editor to make you more productive when developing code generation modules:

  • Syntax highlighting

  • Smart completion

  • Navigation to definitions and references

  • Error highlighting

  • Dynamic outline

  • Code folding

Some of these features are described in details in the Acceleo documentation plugin.

AcceleoCompletion.png

New & Noteworthy

Check the New And Noteworthy page for information on notable evolutions for each version.

Presentations

Acceleo at Eclipse Con 2009 : a Real Standard Alternative for Code Generation

References

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