Hi Ed,

Just because I'm curious:

>> However you may choose to follow my example of keeping all non-text 
>> functionality in Java base classes so that you only use Xtend as a template 
>> language and plain Java for all other things.

Why do you find that helpful?

Regards,
Sebastian

On 22.10.2013, at 16:23, Ed Willink wrote:

> Hi Doug
> 
> Xtend is many things, and so it is easy to get misled by today's hype.
> 
> Xtend is not a Java language extension; it has many similarities but 
> significant differences too; beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
> 
> One of Xtend's really useful features is its triple quote operator that 
> allows you to embed a text template within Java-ish code. Within the 
> templates you can use guilemets to have inner control, so overall Xtend 
> supports control within text within control; very powerful, and the 
> whitespace tooling in the editor is good too.
> 
> For text-intensive code I can strongly recommend Xtend. However you may 
> choose to follow my example of keeping all non-text functionality in Java 
> base classes so that you only use Xtend as a template language and plain Java 
> for all other things.
> 
>     Regards
> 
>         Ed Willink
> 
> On 22/10/2013 14:50, Doug Schaefer wrote:
>> Xtend is a Java language extension, no? I'm talking about a template engine 
>> that we use in the new project wizard to instantiate code templates based on 
>> various user selectable options.
>> 
>> I was originally thinking of Jet, but I can't seem to find it anymore. 
>> Whatever happened to it?
>> 
>> Doug.
>> 
>> From: Henrik Rentz-Reichert <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: Cross project issues <[email protected]>
>> Date: Tuesday, 22 October, 2013 2:43 AM
>> To: Cross project issues <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Freemarker
>> 
>> Doug,
>> 
>> have you considered using Xtend?
>> 
>> -Henrik
>> 
>> Am 21.10.2013 21:47, schrieb Doug Schaefer:
>>> Has anyone tried to get Freemarker into Orbit? Or is there a better 
>>> template engine that people are using. CDT has it's own but I'd like to use 
>>> something more standard (and better).
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Doug.
>>> 
>>> 
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