sequence-diagram

Sequence Diagram Reverse Engineering

Hi - I'm looking for a tool that will reverse engineer into a sequence diagram BUT also provides the ability to filter out calls to certain libraries. For example, the Netbeans IDE does a fantastic job of this but it includes all calls to String or Integer which clutter up the diagram to the point it is unusable. Any help is greatly...

UML connector Direction

When modelling an architecture in UML component diagrams, how do you show various attributes of connectors simultaneously? Like business object information flow (A->B, B->A, A<->B) request/response direction synchronous/asynchronous behaviour I am aware of other diagram types like sequence diagrams. However, having this information ...

Coding using sequence diagrams

When I was at university a lecturer said how some people managed to code using sequence diagrams, this to me seems a good way of programming but of course the devil is in the details. I have a few questions. Does this actually happen or was I misinterpreting what he said? Has anyone here actually done this? Is it more productive? Wh...

How do I use jtracert to analyse an application running on Glassfish?

I'd like to generate sequence diagrams of a running java ee application using jtracert. How do I do this? ...

What do you look for in a sequence diagram to indicate that the system is well architected?

What good-practice-indicating idioms do you look for in a sequence of method invocations, as depicted on sequence diagrams? ...

.NET Generate Sequence Diagrams From Running Code

Is there a tool that can generate sequence diagrams from running .NET code? ...

how to represent a call being made in a loop in a sequence diagram?

I'm creating a sequence diagram and one of the classes is being observed by another class. The observed class is calling update in the observer every 5 seconds in a loop. I need to show this in the sequence diagram. Is there a way to show it looping indefinitely out of sequence as it were? Or does it not make sense in the context of ...

Can I use jtracert to sequence diagram a unit test running in eclipse?

How would I go about using jtracert to sequence diagram a junit test being run within eclipse? ...

Show object creation (from DAL) in UML sequence chart

I have 3 classes: Controller, DAL and Entity. The controller calls the DAL requesting an Entity. The DAL retrieves the entity data from the DB and creates a new Entity class which is then returned to the Controller. How do I show this on a UML sequece chart (no need to show the DB)? 2nd question: how should we share UML diagrams on S...

SQL 2005/2008 create sequence diagram of stored procedure and db interaction

We have a very complex set of stored procedures that have been migrated over from Oracle in to SQL 2005. At one time, I heard there was a solution where sequence diagrams could be created from either watching a stack trace in VS or by the SQL profiler. I've searched long and hard and have found may tools that will create sequence diagr...

Hide arguments in Visio UML sequence diagram

Is it possible to hide the arguments list in a Visio UML sequence diagram? Currently, when I add a message call to the diagram it appears like this: operationName( param1, param2) And I want it to look like this: operationName() I am wondering if it is doable. ...

Tool for drawing protocol sequence diagrams

Please add more answers even though I have accepted one. I am looking for a tool to draw a sequence of packets sent for a sliding window protocol. There are many tools for drawing message sequence charts with horizontal lines, but I want to be able to draw the lines diagonally, like the the bottom part of this image: Please suggest s...

FLOSS sequence diagram programme?

I want to create some sequence diagrams. Is there a good FLOSS tool for creating good sequence diagrams? Preferably I'd like something that takes some sort of simple text input and spits out a pdf/ps/png/svg. The less manual work I need to do aligning arrows and lines the better. Bonus points if it's in ubuntu's standard package manager...

Drawing selection in sequence diagrams

I need to be able to draw selection in a sequence diagram. I have tried argouml, visio, & visual paradigm to no avail :( ...

How to illustrate multiple threads in sequence diagram?

How can you clearly illustrate multiple threads of execution in a sequence diagram or similar diagram? I haven't been able to find any clear examples. All diagrams I see are used to illustrate a single thread. Update: The accepted answer was the best example I saw but it does leave a fair bit to be desired. I ended up illustratin...

Software for Sequence Diagrams?

I've been using NClass for object/class modeling in class thus far. However, I do not believe that it is capable of sequence diagrams, which is my next task. I would prefer not to use Visio. Is there a good and free software solution for making sequence diagrams? ...

Reverse Engineer sequence diagram in StarUML

Hi folks, I am in the process of reverse engineering an existing java project. I am using StarUML to generate the class diagrams. I would like to know how I can generate a package diagram, package dependency diagram and sequence diagram from existing code in StarUML? I would be much interested in sequence diagram if not the others. Co...

using Quick Sequence Diagram Editor for sequence diagrams

Anyone have experience with Quick Sequence Diagram Editor? The combination of instant display + text source code + Java implementation is very attractive to me, but I can't quite figure out how to make the syntax do what I want, and the documentation's not very clear. Here's a contrived example: al:Actor bill:Actor atm:ATM[a] bank:Bank[...

uml 2.0 sequence diagram: is a reply message obligatory when modeling a synchronous message

i have found some articles on uml sequence diagrams, which mention a reply message would be optionally, but i could not find any hint to confirm this in the 2.2 uml super structure specification. maybe someone who is familiar with that spec could answer the question and give me a hint in which part of the uml superstructure documentation...

recomendation for an open source software design tool

hi, i am sorry but i had enough from MS Vi$$o as a software design application, i have been using it for ages and i find the user experience comparable to a Chinese torture (with out insulting the Chinese nation). we are just drowning Squares there is no reason for it to look so gray and complicated ... ;-) can anyone recommend me a ...