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J2EE applications tend to grow like cancer until all resources of the host have been consumed. At my day job we've written over one million lines of Java implementing a simple internet marketplace. We do use a code generator to do most of the grunt work, but only because we cannot create the necessary abstractions within J2EE. Using a code generator is like enumerating all the parts and assembly instructions for a house instead of just writing "home". Java has no meta.

The MS .NET crowd is in the same boat....