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Sequence diagram and activation rectangle

Making UML sequence diagram in VS 2010RC I've observed that there is no activation rectangle in first object. Is this correct? Not according to my tutor and I have to quote him: "Finally, you have no activation rectangle for the userInterface instance, so the initial message could never have been sent." But I'm thinking that if guys fro...

if condition in uml class diagram ?

if "attribute" is true do this "operation" else do nothing. How do i show this in uml class diagram. Thank you, kim ...

How to do a one to many relationship in UML with Visual Studio 2010?

I am trying to do something of the form: Is it possible at all to do it? I want to have a collection of Food objects in my MealEvent class. Thanks! ...

How do I display only the class name in doxygen class diagrams?

Using doxygen and graphviz with my C# project, I can generate class diagrams in the documentation pages. These diagrams have the full class names and namespaces in them, e.g. Acme.MyProduct.MyClasses.MyClass Is it possible to configure doxygen to cut this down a bit to just the class name? MyClass The fully qualified paths make eve...

What is more correct class name or object name in UML sequence diagram?

I was just wondering if it is more correctly to as a label of objects in UML sequence diagram instead of object name (which is irrelevant in my opinion and less informative than class name) provide class name. Another thing, while returning information instead of listing all objects names would it be a better solution to just write colle...

UML reverse engineering tools for Eclipse or Maven

Hi, do you know any good reverse engineering tool that creates UML diagrams from Java code and Hibernate mappings across multiple projects, in Eclipse or Maven (not in the Javadoc)? Thanks ...

UML Diagram Tool - Eclipse plug in?

Can anyone help me? I am currently using eclipse java ide, and would like a plug-in that will automatically look at my classes and draw up a class diagram in UML. any suggestions? ...

C# Visual Studio UML Class Diagram Generator

I was wondering if there was a software that would generate UML class diagrams from my project files (C#) in Visual Studio 2008 Professional? Like a plugin of sorts? Thanks in advance. p.s. I have checked previous posts and did not see anything useful on the first glance. EDIT: I found Class Diagram item! but open to more tips. EDIT:...

Is it possible to put namespaces in Visual Studio UML?

Is it possible? Something like this: being it of course, that instead of packages, it'd appear as namespace. Thanks! ...

High quality software examples

One of the best ways to learn about programming is reading high quality code/projects from great engineers. Which open-source projects do you think is worth looking at? I mean, that code that you can print and sit under a tree with a glass of wine and enjoy reading. If you can, also specify if the software is great to look at because it...

Entity Relationship diagram - Composition

Hi, I am implementing a small database(university Project) and i am facing the following problem. I created a class diagram where i have a class Train {Id, Name, Details} And a class RollingStock which is than generalized in Locomotive and FreightWagon. A train is Composed by multiple RollingStock at a certain time(on different da...

How much and what planning is used for software projects?

How much and what planning is used for the software projects that you or your company develops? The reason for my asking is because of a class I'm taking on UML and other similar things of that nature. From the way the class is set up, we have been creating a mock library system extensively with programs like Visual Paradigm, but for a...

Link objects as fields in UML diagram

I'm trying to generate a diagram for a design document. I've generated a class diagram in VS. At the moment it's just a bunch of unconnected boxes as there isn't any inheritance going on. It feels like it would be more useful if I could show how the objects interact through properties and parameters. As an example, a Boy class has a met...

Visual Studio UML Sequence Diagram

I was wondering if there was a Sequence Diagram generator for C#? Im using Visual Studio 2008 Professional. If not is there a quick and simple software? Im finding Enterprise Architect and Visio a bit too cryptic for a beginner. I have found the Class Diagram feature on Visual Studio, which s very useful and am hoping for a equally u...

Representing Objective C Protocols on UML class diagrams

How should I correctly reference protocols on a UML class diagram? For example my ListViewController conforms to the UITableViewDataSource and UITableViewDelegate protocols... where do I put the cellForRowAtIndexPath or numberOfRowsInSection methods? ... in ListViewController where they are implemented or in something like this: ...

Mapping between UML Diagrams and SDLC?

What are different UML diagrams that I can use at different stages of SDLC? I am looking for a mapping of possible UML diagrams to each of the different stages in SDLC. ...

What is a good book to use as a reference/learning resource for Specification and Description Language - Real Time?

What is a good book to use as a reference/learning resource for Specification and Description Language - Real Time? Also, is there any good UML software that supports SDL-RT? ...

Code understanding, reverse engineering, best concepts and tools. Java.

One of most demanding tasks for any programmer, architect is understanding other's code. E.g. I am contractor, hired to rescue some project very quickly. Fix bugs, plan global refactoring and therefore I need most efficient way to understand the code. What is the list of concepts, their priority and best tools for this? Of what I know: r...

Transposing UML into code

Short question. How do you go about transposing UML diagrams into code? The class diagram is an obvious one but what about others like Activity, Use Case, Sequence, State, Package, etc.? ...

Pear PHP UML Class Diagrams

Hi, I am trying to create graphical representations of existing code. I have tried to use VS.PHP (with Visual Studios 2010) but cant seem to generate class diagrams from this. I have tried to use Pear's PHP UML package which has produced a lot of JavaDoc style documentation and an XMI document. From what I have read, this can be us...