Project 1 - Phase 2

Self-generating Code

• Motivation
  • The code generator's output is a class hierarchy that is both validated and easier to use than the generic XMLNode class.
  • The type description (input to the code generator) is an XML document that fits a certain DTD, and needs to be validated and traversed.
  • Therefore, we chose to use generated code for the TYPE dtd as input into the code generator.
• Advantages
  • Gaurantees that our interface works.
  • Automatic feature gain.
  • Easily expanded functionality.
• Diagram