Re: O-XML translation to Java

Philip,

Sincere apologies for not answering this earlier, it somehow got lost  
in the pile.

Due to fundamental differences between Java and o:XML, such as static  
vs dynamic typing and the pervasive use of XPath in o:XML,  
translation is somewhat complicated.

A good while ago I did a proof of concept code translation that uses  
XSLT to produce Java code which can then be compiled against the  
ObjectBox libraries. It was never completed to implement all language  
features, but showed that it can be done. (Let me know if you want to  
try it out)

Since then efforts have focused on the Java-based interpreter, which  
achieves comparable performance to the translated code and is much  
easier to use. Debugging code that's been translated then compiled is  
a pain.

Longer term plans include developing the MLML [1] concepts to build  
Java and/or .Net byte-code generators, thus circumventing the need  
for generating Java sources. In effect, the o:XML compiler _is_ a  
translator that produces an abstract syntax tree, which can be fed to  
either an interpreter or code generator.

hope this answers your question, again, sorry for the tardy response!

/m

[1] http://o-xml.org/projects/mlml.html


On 19 Nov 2005, at 13:23, philip andrew wrote:

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> Hello,
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> Does o-XML allow translation of the o-XML to Java code ? if so how?
>
> Thanks, Philip
>