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The TOP2 code generator converts the source directives inserted into the input program into a sequential program, a parallel main program, and a parallel program skeleton. The sequential program and the parallel main program are complete in that they may be compiled without further changes. The parallel program skeleton, however, needs to be completed by the programmer, as it doesn't yet contain the code for the parallel program segments. Details on how the generated code is structured and what modifications are to be made by the user are given in section 8.

The code generator is normally called by the annotator, but may as well be called directly from the command line. It takes some options that may either be specified on the command line or be provided through a resource file and the name of the annotated input file. Modifications applied to the resource file will be honored independent on how the code generator was called, command line options may, however, only be set, if it is called from the command line.