UML Tool for JavaEE-applications, with good Annotation/EJB-support

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UML Tool for JavaEE-applications, with good Annotation/EJB-support

I'm looking for a good UML tool (free or at least available as a Trial, availability as an Eclipse- or Netbeans-plugin would also be nice) to visualize the class hierarchy (doesn't have to be strict UML) inside an JavaEE-application.

It should have a decent EJB/annotation support (most important feature). I googled around and found this screenshot: link which is what close to what i want, but i can't find out how the tool used for this screenshot is called.

Anyone knows how the tool on this screenshot is called? What tools do experienced EJB-developers prefer to visualize their classes?

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EclipseUML Omondo has the annotatiion support. Have a look if you can pay the license.

2010-08-13 16:16:06

Yeah i guess this is the tool from the screenshot. Seems quite okay. Can generate Classmodel out of existing Java EJBs like . 30-day trial is enough for my project. Thanks!

ifischer 2010-08-13 20:58:46

The bad thing about Omondo is that it only shows EJB and Entity-related annotations. Other annotations are not included in class diagrams (e.g. Weld-Beans, Security-related annotations)

ifischer 2010-08-13 22:34:31

All annotations are included and not just Entity. The test is to reverse an existing code and you will see the annotations.The problem is that this feature is only available in Eclipse 3.6 which is a private build for paid customer. So that's too bad..

2010-08-14 08:58:09

Damn! ;) But good to know...

ifischer 2010-08-15 15:58:21

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The free MoDisco Reverse Engineering Framework (main reverse engineering tool in the umbrella of the Eclipse Modeling Project) can deal with the reverse engineering of Java EE applications. See also a short intro to Modisco here: http://modeling-languages.com/blog/content/short-introduction-modisco-model-driven-software-modernization-framework or here: http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/07/introduction-modisco

(and/or let me know if you have any question)

Jordi Cabot 2010-08-13 21:50:41

Hmm from what i see MoDisco isn't a tool to create a nice-looking class diagram from a (simple) JEE-project in <=30 minutes? ;) Or am i missing something? I don't need to re-engineer nor any model-driven-related stuff

ifischer 2010-08-13 22:54:21

The reverse is very basic and not even 50% of critical information are reversed into the model. I mean reverse at multiple package level, show associaiton between classes not the same package, dependencies etc...Only inheritance are ok.I don't also see java annotation reverse because this feature is not implemented in this project. Did I miss something ?

2010-08-14 09:00:54

Jordi Cabot 2010-08-14 18:43:25

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I think Together is one of the best in java. another tools for reverse engineering could be found here: http://case-tools.org/reverse_engineering.html

regards,

alud 2010-08-14 18:51:38

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