There are two main use cases of using a UML tool: 1) When designing some large subsystems it's very convenient to work with a modeling tool. Here a lot of different types of UML diagrams can be useful. It's also useful that tools like Together automatically round-trip code for you. The drawback is that it needs to store a lot of meta-information in the code, thus leaving a lot of comments. 2) For navigation and quick overviews of the code. The only really useful tool here is an ability to look at a class diagram quickly built from the source code.
I would not want IDEA to go for the #1, but #2 is definitely desired a lot. Best regards, Eugene Belyaev IntelliJ Software, http://www.intellij.com "Develop with pleasure" > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stephan > J. Schmidt > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 5:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eap-features] J2EE integration and UML capabilities > > > -1 > > Do not bloat IDEA. I do not need UML in idea. You usually > modell something and when writing code, you only remodell > from time to time. You can use an UML tool for modelling, > export to XMI and use XSL to generate the classes. We use > something similiar, we generate not only the UML defined > classes but usually a lot of support classes (forms, session > beans, XML converter). For deployment descriptors and > interfaces we use xDoclet, which is fine. We only need IDEA > to understand the relationships between > remote/home/local/business classes and interfaces, > > my 2c > bye > -stephan > > On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 09:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > These are my wishes, I know there's been talk of UML capabilities > > earlier and I really look forward to seeing it :) A strong > integration > > with J2EE would also be very nice thing to have (for me it's a must > > have, but maybe not for others). Here I'm especially thinking about > > deployment for multiple server (CMP 2.0 deployment also) and easy > > debugging/testing. I the last point is a huge one, but it > would still > > be very nice. Together has nice UML and J2EE integration, but their > > editor is really bad compared to the raw power of IDEA. > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > /Jeppe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eap-features mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-features mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-> features > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
