Generative Programming and Components:

This paper investigates on the possible advantages of applying generative programming in a component based development process: if a component oriented approach is applied, then generative programming can be used to automatically compose and assemble components. In part one of this paper, I present the application of Generative Programming from an engineering point of view, using a simple but complete didactic example based on C++ template metaprogramming. Finally, part two is a description of a generative approach to develop component for the hard realtime software domain, this time using the Ada 2005 programming language. PART ONE – Theory: generative programming and component based software engineering