VULCAN: A Tool for Automatically Generating Code from Design Patterns

Abstract

This paper presents a prototype tool called VULCAN that aims to assist with the creation of high quality code through the use of design patterns. This tool comes in the form of a plug-in for the popular Eclipse software development environment. VULCAN facilitates high quality code creation through the automatic generation of design pattern code templates, customized with user input, and integrated into pre-existing projects. This paper also provides a description of the tool VULCAN and its implementation. By automating the design pattern generation process through the application of a practical and easily usable tool, the adoption of a model-driven engineering approach using design patterns can be substantially mitigated, resulting in improved system quality.