Why and how SmartTools generates components?

Overview

We have developed a new approach called SmartTools which provides a generic software factory based on this MDE (Model-Driven Engineering) concept. Our generic approach can be easily instantiate into an external platform. We have performed a successful SmartTools approach integration into the Eclipse Platform. Then We obtain a plug-ins factory which automates the development of new plug-ins. The following picture shows the final Eclipse plug-ins distribution of the SmartTools approach:

The Eclipse Plug-ins Factory produces 90% of a plug-in code, that involves a minimal developper intervention during the all development process.

Moreover than a plug-ins factory, our SOA approach allows RCP production applications and OSGi bundles productions.

We have strongly used open source technologies: DSL, the Java, XML and SOA technologies.

First result of this integration effort are the followings:

• Thanks to SmartTools generation tools, the plug-ins developments are strongly automated.
• There is a real complementarity beetween Smartools and Eclipse fonctionnalites.
• The integration has induces some minor modifications into the SmartTools implementation.

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