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# Aseprite Code Generator
*Copyright (C) 2014 David Capello*
> Distributed under [MIT license](LICENSE.txt)
This utility generates source code from XML files. Its aim is to
convert XML files (dynamic data) to C++ files (static structures) that
can be checked in compile-time. There are three areas of interest:
1. To create `ui::Widget`s subclasses from
[data/widgets/*.xml](../../data/widgets/)
files. In this way we can create wrappers that can access to each
XML file directly in a easier way (e.g. one member for each widget
with an `id` parameter on it).
2. To create configuration wrappers from a special
`config-metadata.xml` file (so we can replace
`get/set_config_int/bool/string()` function calls). There is an
ongoing `cfg` module to replace the whole reading/writing
operations of user's settings/preferences.
3. To create a wrapper class for theme data access. From
[data/skins/default/](../../data/skins/default/)
we can create a C++ class with a member function to access
each theme slice, color, style, etc.