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title: Sculptor - Generating Java code from DDD-inspired textual DSL
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  <p class="lead">Sculptor is an open source productivity tool that applies the concepts from
  	<a href="https://domaindrivendesign.org/books/">Domain-Driven Design</a> and
  	<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language">Domain Specific Languages</a>
    for generating high quality Java code and configuration from a textual specification.
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	      <h2>Easy to learn</h2>
	      <p>Intuitive syntax of the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/">Xtext</a>-based textual DSL, which uses the concepts from DDD.</p>
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	      <h2>Rock-solid foundation</h2>
	      <p>The generated code is based on well-known frameworks, such as
				<a href="https://java.sun.com/javaee/technologies/persistence.jsp">JPA</a>,
				<a href="https://www.hibernate.org/">Hibernate</a>,
				<a href="https://www.springframework.org/">Spring Framework</a> or
				<a href="https://java.sun.com/javaee/">Java EE</a>.
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	      <h2>Productivity Boost</h2>
	      <p>Generates all the plumbing and boiler-plate code for rich and persistent domain model.</p>
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	      <h2>Full control</h2>
	      <p>Code generation can be customized via properties or by overriding the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/xtend/">Xtend</a>-based templates.</p>
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			<h2>The complete solution</h2>
			<p>Integrates nicely with Eclipse IDE and Maven build via plugins.</p>
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	      <h2>Free and open source</h2>
	      <p>Released under the Apache 2.0 license, source available on <a href="https://github.com/sculptor/sculptor">GitHub</a>.</p>
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