What are the best Java code generation tools or plugins to use in Eclipse?

Question

I\'m aware of the built in code generation and refactoring one can do with the \"Source\" and \"Refactor\" menu items in Eclipse.

I also use the Commonclipse plugin to

Answer 1

jsoncafe.com online code generator for the model class for JAVA, Android Gson, Swift Class, Swift Codable, c# etc.

Answer 2

If you want to generate code independent of technology, Zontroy is a good choice. So you don't need to think about whether your project is a JavaEE project or not. You can generate any file in any technology from your database.

Answer 3

It really depends on what you want to do? J2EE, web services, Swing ...

I do a lot of web service development and rely heavily on:

• Web Services Explorer

For Axis2 development:

• Code Generator Wizard Guide for Eclipse Plug-in
• Service Archive Generator Wizard Guide for Eclipse Plug-in

There's a good tutorial on Axis2 plugins called Developing Web Services Using Apache Axis2 Eclipse Plugins - Part 1

Answer 4

I don't think that this is really what you're asking about, but for model driven development, I think Borland's Together is still the best eclipse based tool out there.

Answer 5

Project Lombok enables you to effectively code in shorthand. For example, you can declare a class, add a lombok annotation, and it will automatically generate getters, setters, equals, hashCode, toString, and constructors.

Answer 6

I don't know if you're a big UML fan but IBM Rational suite is extremly powerful.

I used it to move from UML to generated mock objects but that's only a slight part of what it can do