-1 to bloating IDEA with wizards and UML support
as integral and mandatory parts of the IDE.
+1 to allowing this kind of thing via open APIs.
-Thomas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eugene Belyaev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 8:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Eap-features] J2EE integration and UML capabilities
> 
> 
> I hope so.  Moreover, this is a good candidate for open-source
> extensions hosted at our side as soon as the open APIs are ready.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Eugene Belyaev
> IntelliJ Software, http://www.intellij.com
> "Develop with pleasure"
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of North D
> > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 7:29 PM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: [Eap-features] J2EE integration and UML capabilities
> > 
> > 
> > Wahey YES!  Reverse-engineered UML class diagrams from 
> > unknown source code. This just gets better and better!
> > 
> > So when can we expect #2 then, Eugene?  :o)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Dan
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Eugene Belyaev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 22 November 2001 15:14
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: [Eap-features] J2EE integration and UML capabilities
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 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
> > > > > 
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