XML Variant Configuration Language (XVCL)

A XML-based language for maintaining source code for similar products, as in a product line. Unlike a language-specific preprocessor, XVCL is independent of programming language (HTML,XML,Java,COBOL). Like a language-specific pre-processor, generation-time variables determine what the source code is generated by the XVCL Processor.

See also pre-processor.

Link

• http://fxvcl.sourceforge.net/ - Open source frame technology project.
• http://www.netron.com/ - About frame technology.
• http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~stan/proj.html
• stan@comp.nus.edu.sg - Contact (broken?)
• http://xvcl.comp.nus.edu.sg/workbench/download/

Book

• Xvcl Book Review - Stanislaw Jarzabek, Effective Software Maintenance and Evolution - A Reused-Based Approach
• Xvcl Manual - Gilbert Herschberger, Writing with XVCL

Articles

• Java Frame - An open source x-framework for generating Java source code.
• Release Frame - An open source x-framework for creating a release.
• Xvcl Version - Information about versions of the XVCL Processor.
• Xvcl Tags - Quick reference for XVCL tags.
• Xvcl Program
• Xvcl Resource - Resources found inside xvcl.jar.
• Xvcl Ant Task - Running XVCL Processor 2.07 (1h) from an Ant script.
• Xvcl And Ant Task - Running XVCL Processor 3.2.1 from an Ant script.
• Xvcl And Ant - Running XVCL Processor 2.07 from an Ant script.
• Xvcl And Java Preprocessor
• Xvcl Build - Building an XVCL frame processor using Ant.
• Xvcl Transform - Transform the XVCL Processor into an Ant-compatible task.
• Xvcl Example Spc - An example of a high-level specification frame.
• Xvcl Example Frame - An example of a frame.
• Xvcl From Java Source Code - Converting from Java source code to XVCL with java2xvcl.
• Xvcl And Property Tag - Proposal for property tag; exploring how a tag is defined and parsed.
• Xvcl And While - Exploring the while construct.
• Xvcl And Number - Proposal for the set tag; exploring how a value attribute is interpreted.
• Xvcl And Static - Supporting multiple instances of XVCLProcessor.
• Xvcl And Variable - Set a variable from an Ant script.
• Xvcl And Test - Testing the XVCL Processor.
• Xvcl And Processor Factory - Experimenting with a processor factory.
• Xvcl And Emit Cache - Experimenting with preserveTimestamp=true.
• Xvcl And Samelevel - Experimenting with samelevel=true.

Technique

• Xvcl And Dot Notation - Using familiar dot notation for XVCL variables.
• Xvcl And Interface Properties - Helper for an interface in Java.

Research

• Xvcl And Resource - Providing XVCL document as a resource.
• Xvcl And Java - Basic Java components.
• Xvcl And Build Xml - Generating build.xml with XVCL.
• Xvcl And Rpm - Generating project.spec with XVCL.
• Xvcl And Property - Set variables with a Java properties file.
• Xvcl And Xml Property - Set variables from an XML document.
• Xvcl And Function - Set variables from a function.
• Xvcl And Jdom
• Xvcl Frame Processor Architecture