Hi Mike, Thanks for the report. I'm sure it will be of value to other people who will consider the template engines in the future.
## Somebody might want to make an xdoc/wiki page for this. :) > >>Sorry, I don't know anything about JET, but I was wondering if you > >>could share with us what you have found about the two. > >>Shinobu "Kawai" Yoshida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sure thing, What I have found is that JET or Java Emitter Templates is an > Eclipse technology www.eclipse.org and part of EMF (though I'm sure it > could have been made a separate plugin). > Similar to Velocity, JET takes templates, script and data objects and > merges the three to create a final output. > JET uses a JSP like scripting language. JET also allows full translation > from templates to resulting output > or you can compile your templates to java classes, and simply invoke the > java class. > > If your interested in this I have found two really good tutorials on the > technology which can be found at: > > http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-JET/jet_tutorial1.html > and > http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-JET2/jet_tutorial2.html > > I haven't really come to any conclusions other than JET is built into > eclipse and supports eclipse projects. The few tests I have > ran with JET have been very favorable, I didn't run into any problems with > what I Was trying to do. > > Performance wise I have no ideas how the two compare, though the compile > to class feature might be nice. > > ALSO I thought I'd mention that while I was researching JET I ran into > another new technology that is for reporting > that is being worked on called BIRT (B.I.R.T.). Business Intelligence and > Reporting Tools, take a look at > > http://www.eclipse.org/birt/ > > Though thats about the extent of my knowledge at this point on it. Best regards, -- Shinobu -- Shinobu Kawai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
