I ask about the pattern, not framework. This is kind of follow-up to a question on UI auto-generation.

  1. Do you believe in the concept of UI auto-generation from metadata?

  2. What kind of problems can be approached this way?

The question arose when I've created a small library to support my student projects, which generates interactive CLI in runtime based on object's metadata. And I think CLI it generates is quite decent.

On the other extreme is the Naked Objects Framework, which is rather universal, but UI it generates is horrible, IMO.

It's clear, every problem is specific and needs specific UI, but maybe there are several classes of problems where auto-generation is acceptable?

user-interface metaprogramming
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