JavaZone 2011 - AST Transformations
AST Transformations are how many language features are implemented, and is the magic behind frameworks like Lombok, Groovy, Mirah, IDEA Inspections, CodeNarc, Spock, and Groovy++. This session reviews these approaches including examples of how and why we'd want to do this. Come see the newest language tools, look in-depth at production deployed AST Transforms, and view libraries based on these techniques.
Hamlet D'Arcy
Sr. Java/Groovy Developer, Groovy and CodeNarc Committer
Hamlet D'Arcy has been writing software for over a decade, and has spent considerable time coding in C++, Java, and Groovy. He's passionate about learning new languages and different ways to think about problems. Hamlet is the founder of the Basel-based Hackergarten open source coding group, and regularly participates and speaks at local and international user groups and conferences. Hamlet is a committer on the Groovy and CodeNarc projects, and is a contributor on a few other open source projects (including JConch and the IDEA Groovy Plugin). He blogs regularly at http://hamletdarcy.blogspot.com and can be found on Twitter as HamletDRC (http://twitter.com/hamletdrc).