hiho,
The Java code generator portion of RoseJ disregards sequence diagrams. I
have seen people try to write scripts or add-ins that use sequence diagrams
to generate executable code for operations, but this never scales well. It
is just not worth putting that much detail into a sequence diagram.
Furthermore, sequence diagrams work best when describing one path through a
scenario; putting all If-Then-Else paths in a sequence diagram makes it
difficult to read. Showing all variable declarations, initializations, etc.
would also make it difficult to read.
I am reminded of certain CASE tools I used in the late 80's that had you put
so much information into a graphical diagram that you stop and think "I wish
I could just describe this algorithm in text: source code".
That being said, Rational QualityArchitect does generate test scripts from
Rose interaction diagrams. This works a little better than trying to
generate a whole busines operation because a test script moreso attempts to
go along one path and is interested in exercising operations more than doing
real business logic. I haven't really used QualityArchitect.
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Is it possible to generate java code from a sequence diagram?
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