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Can XText compile to bytecode without generating java source [message #922412]

Tue, 25 September 2012 01:55

John McGuinness

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Registered: September 2012

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Can XText compile to bytecode without generating java source. I don't understand why I would want to generate the Java source if I was creating my own language.

In short can I compile a file called MyClass.mylang to MyClass.class without creating MyClass.java.

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Re: Can XText compile to bytecode without generating java source [message #923015 is a reply to message #922412]

Tue, 25 September 2012 14:40

Aaron Digulla

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Switzerland

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Yes, by writing your own generator.

In fact Xtext doesn't generate any code by default; you always have to write a code generator for this. Xtend (which is a DSL written with the help of the Xtext framework) compiles to Java but most other DSLs don't.

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