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OptimalJ was a model-driven

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for

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. OptimalJ was first released in 2001 and was then based on Sun Microsystems' open source

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IDE. Since 2006 OptimalJ is based on the open source Eclipse IDE. OptimalJ was developed out of Compuware's

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offices by many of the development team responsible for the

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development suite. OptimalJ is available in two editions: * The Professional Edition is focused on simplifying

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development, by providing the capability to

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a Java EE application, and then generate the application's code from the model via implementation patterns. First, a platform-independent model is made, which is then transformed via technology patterns to a platform-specific model. * The Architecture Edition provides capabilities for

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and for writing implementation and technology patterns, which can be used to extend the Professional Edition. Metamodels and patterns are bundled into software factories. OptimalJ was generally regarded as a technically inferior and expensive development environment. Compuware found it difficult to gain market share amongst the

development community with the Optimal suite of products. Due to internal restructurings, Compuware decided in 2008 to discontinue OptimalJ.

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