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Code Generation Techniques

Code Generation Techniques: Generate Java source code for accessing relational databases

FireStorm/DAO makes Java software developers more productive through code generation techniques that automatically generate Java source code for accessing relational databases.

Code Generation Techniques: Reduced complexity

FireStorm/DAO's generated Java provides a one-to-one mapping between Java objects and database tables, which is simpler than using a complex mapping tier or other code generation techniques.

Portable code

The FireStorm/DAO generated Java is fully portable between stand-alone Java and Enterprise Java. The code is also portable between Application Servers(ensuring no lock-in), unlike some other code generation techniques. The generated Java conforms to the widely accepted Data Access Object design pattern. FireStorm/DAO does not require proprietary runtime libraries sometimes required by other code generation techniques.

Service-Oriented

The Java generated by FireStorm/DAO is designed for use in service-oriented architectures. The Data Access Object (DAO) classes are stateless services that can easily be exposed as transactional Session Beans and are also suitable for use as part of a Web Services architecture.

Code Generation Techniques: Performance

FireStorm/DAO is not limited to simple single-table operations but can also leverage the power of the relational database by generating Custom DAO classes that make use of complex SQL statements including table joins. FireStorm/DAO also provides support for exposing stored procedures as Data Access Objects.

Code Generation Techniques: Productivity Gains

Generating Java by definition is always going to be much faster than hand coding. For reference purposes, when using FireStorm/DAO with a reasonable large (over 20 tables) database, there is approximately a twenty-fold productivity increase, which is better than most code generation techniques.

Quality

Generated Java will always have fewer errors than hand written code, due to the elimination of typos, human error, and so on. FireStorm/DAO provides a consistent approach across multiple projects, multiple development teams, and against multiple types of database product. Generating Java ensures that software developers are more likely to be focussed on the business requirements than the more mundane task of coding.

Additional Reading on Code Generation

Code Generation Network
http://www.codegeneration.net/

JavaWorld: Reflection versus Code Generation
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2001/jw-1102-codegen.html

Applying Code Generation Techniques to the J2EE Development
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=389718

Wikipedia on Code Generation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_generation

Code Generation: The fastest way to write software?
http://www.softwarereality.com/programming/code_generation.jsp

Writing Code is Stupid
http://ianwij.com/weblog/articles/Writing_Code_Is_Stupid.aspx

Code generators help you deliver high-quality code quickly
http://techrepublic.com.com/5102-6329-5035011.html

Are you missing out on code generation?
http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/15511

Code Generation Techniques for Java
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/09/03/generation.html

Bug Prevention with Java
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/03/31/codeGen.html

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