What is the use GWT generator?

Question

I have seen that GWT framework is having generator feature. In what case we have to use gwt generator option and why it is needed? Can anyone tell me simply why,what is gwt

Answer 1

I've done GWT development for 3 years now and I've written one generator :) I've written a couple of linkers for experimental purposes so I think they are more common, though still rare. The classic case is where you want to write

X x = GWT.create(X.class)

and have the particular subclass or implementation of X constructed at compile time based on, perhaps, annotations in the provided X class or interface. GWT uses them for things like the CSSResource.

Search for "GWT Generator Experiments" site:development.lombardi.com on google for some info about what I did.