[Myfaces Wiki] Update of "Code Generation" by AndrewRobinson

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http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/Code_Generation

The comment on the change is:
Add code gen w/ annotations approach

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   * http://java-source.net/open-source/parser-generators
   * http://ws.apache.org/jaxme/js/jparser.html
  
+ === Combining annotations with a code generator approach ===
+ 
+ {{{#!java
+ @Component(
+   type = "...",
+   family = "...",
+   rendererType = "...",
+   tagClass = "...",
+   events = {
+     @ComponentEvent(
+       type = "...",
+       phases = { "...", "..." }),
+     ...
+   )
+ public abstract class MyComponent extends UIXComponent
+ {
+   @ComponentProperty(
+     description = "or is this better in javadoc? -- harder to code the generator, but easier to document",
+     extensions = {
+       @PropertyExtension(name = "preferred", value = Boolean.TRUE),
+       @PropertyExtension(name = "...", value = "...")
+     })
+   private String _foo;
+ 
+   @ComponentPropertySkel
+   public abstract String getFoo();
+ 
+   public void broadcast(FacesEvent event)
+   {
+     if ("bar".equals(getFoo()) {
+     // custom code
+     }
+   }
+ }
+ }}}
+ This would be in a pre-processing folder of maven (not src/main/java). The plugin can then take this file an build the concrete class from it.
+ 
+ This is basically the same as the trinidad approach but it merges the xml with the template.
+ 
+ 
  === Other notes ===
  
  Some interest was expressed in passing about making jsf component setters/getters use java5 generics.