proposal for new JavaGenerator replacing the XML configuration file

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i've always wanted to define the hamcrest matchers configuration in a clean 
java style instead of the (refactoring-unsafe!) XML file. so i came up with the 
following solution (see patch):

**
class SampleHamcrestConfiguration implements HamcrestConfiguration {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    new JavaGeneratorBuilder()
      .addConfigurations(new SampleHamcrestConfiguration())
      .targetClass("com.foobar.SampleMatchers")
      .build()
      .generate();
  }
  public Collection<Class<?>> matchers() {
    Collection<Class<?>> matcher = new LinkedList<Class<?>>();
    matcher.add(MyMatcher.class);
    return matcher;
  }
}
**

what do you guys think? next step would be to allow a package scan, so new 
custom matchers will be picked up automatically ;)

~christoph

Original issue reported on code.google.com by christop...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2014 at 2:30

Attachments:

• 2014_04_06-hamcrest_java_config_proposal-christoph_pickl.patch