From: lostboard2001@... (gene tan)
Date: 2004-11-23T16:43:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Typical/idiomatic examples of dynamic code generation with Ruby?

ERb and REXML:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930110979/102-8887207-7717754?v=glance

Iwan van der Kleyn <none@none.net> wrote in message news:<41A237AF.8070105@none.net>...
> Thanks for the tips. Today I got the Pickaxe (2004 edition) and I found 
> the relevant references. I'll be playing around with it for a while. In 
> the paper I'm comparing SQLObject (Python  object-relational mapper, 
> kind like ActiveRecords I guess) which uses lots of metaclass wizzardry. 
> Although you would be able to something similar in Java, it would be far 
> less natural or easy to the enduser (programmer) and it would be 
> absolutely hell to implement. I'm hoping to come with some nice examples.
> 
> Look in Google for some nice references when searching for "Java dynamic 
> code generation". The way to do this in Java would be through "regular" 
> code generation though, which would be generated by a special tool like 
> XDoclet at compile time.
> 
>  > It seem that your paper will be very interesting.. I even wonder how
>  > static languages handle this situations.
> 
> With luck it will be released under an Open Conent license in January.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Iwan