We provide examples for learning and teaching Spoon in https://github.com/SpoonLabs/spoon-examples/. Don’t hesitate to propose new examples as pull-request!
The NotNullProcessor example adds a not-null check for all method parameters.
The LogProcessor example is an example of Spoon for tracing, it adds a log statement when entering a method.
The MutationProcessor example randomly mutates some parts of the abstract syntax tree for mutation testing.
The Bound example adds runtime checks based on annotations
The Database access example shows how to use annotation processing to add persistence into a POJO, ie. to implement a simple URL with Spoon (also uses templates).
The Nton example introduces a Nton design pattern (extension of singleton but for N instances) into a target class. It inserts static fields, methods, and initializer code into constructors.
The Visitor example implements a visitor pattern by automatically introducing an accept method in a visited type hierarchy.
The Field Access example implements a refactoring that introduces setters and getters for the fields annotated with the Access annotation and that replaces all the direct accesses to these fields by calls to its new getters and setters.
The RetryTemplate example creates retriable methods in case of exceptions if annotated by @RetryOnFailure.
TBD, see https://github.com/INRIA/spoon/issues/3140
The Distributed Calculus example creates a fun new language for distributed computing using Java and Spoon.