Difference between <itemtype generate="false"> and <model generate="false"/> in Hybris Models

Question

I wanted to understand the difference between and in Hybris for Model creation. How do they function internally?

Answer 1

<model generate="false"/> can be used in some contexts:

1) In <itemtype> to exclude the type from being created (including all subtypes) and can be used like in this example:

<itemtype ....>
<model generate="false"/>
</itemtype>

2) In <attribute> context to exclude the attribute from being created. The result is that neither the private field nor getter and setter methods are generated!

<attribute ...>
<model generate="false"/>
</attribute>

I didn't found any utility yet for this case.

The <itemtype generate="false/true"/> is used to specify to generate the Java class files or not (for getters/setters).

You can read here more information about <model/> tag (create custom getters/setters/constructors for an itemtype)