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EGF: a Software Factory Tool

EGF (Eclipse Generation Factories) is a software factory tool with the purpose to generate software artifacts, such as code or application, in order to automate software development. Introduction

	Software production with factory components Reuse of off-the-shelf factory components Development by assembly Adaptation to a specific context

EGF is an engine based on four types of generation unit:

Task: it enables to execute code written in a language (e.g., Java, Ant, JRuby) or tools (e.g., Acceleo, ATL, Jet)
Factory component: it declares generation parameters and orchestrates calls to tasks or other factory components
Pattern: it is a powerful formalism which enables to process resources (e.g., model, file), in a language (e.g., Java, Jet), with parameters (e.g., navigation strategy, post-processor, reporter)
Generation Chain: it is a domain-specific model which enables to abstract generations

EGF is designed to be extensible and accept new types of generation unit. On the other hand, because a task is able to execute code and tools, EGF is not strictly limited to generation.

Video: Activity Workflow combining Java and JRuby

Example of dynamic execution

Software Factories Portfolios

A software factory portfolio provides an off-the-shelf generation solution. EGF is released with two portfolios:

Enhanced EMF Generation: 1) it enriches the EMF generation with new generation topics (e.g., html doc, ecoretools diagrams, Java doc), 2) it opens the EMF Generation customization with the EGF patterns
Build chain editor and generator: it provides 1) an editor to model a build chain for continuous integration, and 2) a generator with targets, by default, Hudson/jenkins and Buckminster