// $Id: CodeGenerator.java 14654 2008-05-07 16:45:06Z tfmorris $
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package org.argouml.uml.generator;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Defines the methods to generate source code from the model. Each class
* providing code generation functionality must implement this to be recognized
* by ArgoUML as a code generator.
* <p>
* TODO: A GUI-independent mechanism to pass settings to the code generator is
* needed similar to what we have for reverse engineering. See
* {@link org.argouml.uml.reveng.ImportInterface#getImportSettings()} and
* {@link org.argouml.uml.reveng.SettingsTypes}
*
* @since 0.20 when it replaced the FileGenerator interface.
*/
public interface CodeGenerator {
/**
* The file separator for this operating system.
*/
String FILE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("file.separator");
/**
* Generate code for the specified classifiers. If generation of
* dependencies is requested, then every file the specified elements
* depends on is generated too (e.g. if the class MyClass has an attribute
* of type OtherClass, then files for OtherClass are generated too).
*
* @param elements the UML model elements to generate code for.
* @param deps Recursively generate dependency files too.
* @return A collection of {@link SourceUnit} objects. The collection
* may be empty if no file is generated.
*/
Collection<SourceUnit> generate(Collection elements, boolean deps);
/**
* Generate files for the specified classifiers.
*
* @see #generate(Collection, boolean)
* @param elements the UML model elements to generate code for.
* @param path The source base path.
* @param deps Recursively generate dependency files too.
* @return The filenames (with relative path) as a collection of Strings.
* The collection may be empty if no file will be generated.
*/
Collection<String> generateFiles(Collection elements, String path,
boolean deps);
/**
* Returns a list of files that will be generated from the specified
* modelelements.
*
* @see #generate(Collection, boolean)
* @param elements the UML model elements to generate code for.
* @param deps Recursively generate dependency files too.
* @return The filenames (with relative path) as a collection of Strings.
* The collection may be empty if no file will be generated.
*/
Collection<String> generateFileList(Collection elements, boolean deps);
}