Autogenerator: Generation and execution of programming code on demand

While generating program files that can be executed afterwards is widely established in Automatic programming, the generation of programming code and its execution on demand without creating program files is still a challenge. In the approach presented in this paper a generator entitled Autogenerator uses the ability of scripting languages to evaluate programming code from a variable. The main benefits of this approach lie in facilitating the application change during its execution on the one hand and in dependencies update on the other. Autogenerator can be useful in the development of a common Generative programming application for previewing the application before the generation of the final release. With the aim of examining specific facets of the autogeneration process, we also conducted performance tests. Finally, the presented model of Autogenerator is verified through the development of an application for the creation and handling of Universal Business Language documents. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.