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  • 1. Background
    • 1.1. Why MetaFactory?
      • 1.1.1. What do Developers need?
      • 1.1.2. The conventional way of development
    • 1.2. Automating the software production
      • 1.2.1. Automation, in which case?
    • 1.3. MetaFactory Composer, what is it?
      • 1.3.1. Developing with the Composer
      • 1.3.2. The Real Power
      • 1.3.3. The Big Benefit
      • 1.3.4. And what’s in it for you, as a developer?
    • 1.4. Patterns
    • 1.5. The MetaFactory Platform
      • 1.5.1. Trend
      • 1.5.2. Proposition MetaFactory
    • 1.6. MetaFactory process overview
      • 1.6.1. Conventional development process
      • 1.6.2. Development with MetaFactory
      • 1.6.3. Diversify
      • 1.6.4. Reuse
      • 1.6.5. Building a Code Instruction
      • 1.6.6. Metadata - Interaction between MetaModel and Code Instruction
    • 1.7. MetaFactory Project Structure
      • 1.7.1. Project configuration
      • 1.7.2. MetaModel
      • 1.7.3. Code instructions
      • 1.7.4. Properties (optional)
      • 1.7.5. Naming
  • 2. Tutorials
    • 2.1. T00 Setup Project
      • 2.1.1. Get the Metafactory environment up and running
      • 2.1.2. Get started
    • 2.2. T01 Hello World
    • 2.3. T02 Create a Class
    • 2.4. T03 Create a Constructor
    • 2.5. T04 Create a Snippet
    • 2.6. T05 Foreach Object
  • 3. How-To Guides
    • 3.1. Get and install MetaFactory environment
      • 3.1.1. MetaFactory on Windows
      • 3.1.2. MetaFactory on OSX/MacOS
    • 3.2. Configuring your IDE
      • 3.2.1. Configuring Eclipse
        • 3.2.1.1. Plugins
        • 3.2.1.2. XML Catalog
        • 3.2.1.3. Code fragments for Freemarker
      • 3.2.2. Configuring IntelliJ IDEA
        • 3.2.2.1. Installing and configuring IntelliJ IDEA plugin
        • 3.2.2.2. Resolving XML errors
        • 3.2.2.3. Live Templates
        • 3.2.2.4. Implicit objects in Freemarker or Velocity templates
    • 3.3. QuickStart
      • 3.3.1. Create your first example
      • 3.3.2. Evaluation
    • 3.4. Building a Code Instruction
    • 3.5. How to use snippets
    • 3.6. SDA example using snippets
      • 3.6.1. Code Instruction
      • 3.6.2. Model
      • 3.6.3. Project
      • 3.6.4. Phone class created
      • 3.6.5. Freemarker snippet
      • 3.6.6. Evaluation
    • 3.7. Features and how to use them
      • 3.7.1. Implementation of a Feature - General
      • 3.7.2. Drag & Drop
      • 3.7.3. User Preferences
        • 3.7.3.1. Files
        • 3.7.3.2. Developer notes
  • 4. Blogs
    • 4.1. Pojo Classes
      • 4.1.1. Data model
      • 4.1.2. Code instruction
      • 4.1.3. Functions
      • 4.1.4. Methods
  • 5. Reference
    • 5.1. Project Reference
      • 5.1.1. Structure of the project file
        • 5.1.1.1. Model
        • 5.1.1.2. Pattern
        • 5.1.1.3. Snippets Folder
        • 5.1.1.4. Output
        • 5.1.1.5. BuildSets
        • 5.1.1.6. Maps
        • 5.1.1.7. Property Files
        • 5.1.1.8. Configuration
        • 5.1.1.9. BusinessStyle
    • 5.2. Model Reference
      • 5.2.1. Model structure
      • 5.2.2. Child elements
        • 5.2.2.1. Package
        • 5.2.2.2. Object
        • 5.2.2.3. Attribute
        • 5.2.2.4. Reference
        • 5.2.2.5. Metadata
    • 5.3. Model API Reference
      • 5.3.1. Available context objects
        • 5.3.1.1. Model API Model Root
        • 5.3.1.2. Model API Model Package
        • 5.3.1.3. Model API Model Object
        • 5.3.1.4. Model API Model Attribute
        • 5.3.1.5. Model API Model Reference
      • 5.3.2. Model hierarchy
    • 5.4. Code Instructions in XML
      • 5.4.1. Introduction
        • 5.4.1.1. Namespaces
        • 5.4.1.2. The root element
        • 5.4.1.3. Child elements
        • 5.4.1.4. Complement XML patterns with snippets
        • 5.4.1.5. Code instruction base
      • 5.4.2. Java Code Instruction Elements
        • 5.4.2.1. Java package
        • 5.4.2.2. Interface
        • 5.4.2.3. Class
        • 5.4.2.4. Field
        • 5.4.2.5. Method
        • 5.4.2.6. Import
        • 5.4.2.7. External libraries
        • 5.4.2.8. External Java package
      • 5.4.3. TypeScript Instruction Elements
      • 5.4.4. XML files
      • 5.4.5. Text files (plain files)
    • 5.5. Code Instructions with snippets
      • 5.5.1. Lots of added flexibility
      • 5.5.2. How to use it
    • 5.6. Expression Language
      • 5.6.1. Functions
      • 5.6.2. Variables
      • 5.6.3. Data type mappings
    • 5.7. Template engines
      • 5.7.1. Freemarker and Velocity Context Variables
      • 5.7.2. Freemarker settings
      • 5.7.3. Freemarker context object: metafactory
      • 5.7.4. Freemarker context object: context
      • 5.7.5. Freemarker context object: comparatorFactory
      • 5.7.6. Velocity settings
      • 5.7.7. Velocity Functions
        • 5.7.7.1. Call by using the $metafactory context variable
        • 5.7.7.2. Call by using the $context context variable
        • 5.7.7.3. Call by using the $sxmiFactory context variable
        • 5.7.7.4. Best practices and lines you often need
    • 5.8. Technology stack
      • 5.8.1. Liquibase
        • 5.8.1.1. Purpose
        • 5.8.1.2. Website
        • 5.8.1.3. Buildsets involved
        • 5.8.1.4. Usage
    • 5.9. MetaFactory Features
      • 5.9.1. User Preferences
        • 5.9.1.1. Description
        • 5.9.1.2. Examples
        • 5.9.1.3. Objects
        • 5.9.1.4. Metadata
        • 5.9.1.5. Patterns
        • 5.9.1.6. Snippets
      • 5.9.2. Drag & Drop
        • 5.9.2.1. Description
        • 5.9.2.2. Metadata
        • 5.9.2.3. Patterns
      • 5.9.3. Screens
        • 5.9.3.1. Description
        • 5.9.3.2. Metadata
  • 6. Downloads and links
  • 7. Glossary
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Contents

  • 3.1. Get and install MetaFactory environment
  • 3.2. Configuring your IDE
  • 3.3. QuickStart
  • 3.4. Building a Code Instruction
  • 3.5. How to use snippets
  • 3.6. SDA example using snippets
  • 3.7. Features and how to use them
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