I have installed Eclipse UML Generators in eclipse Luna using it's update site. The installation was successful, but there is no documentation in how to use the plugin.
My objective is to generate class diagrams from java code. Can I achieve it from the above plugin?
This question is old, but the answer could help other people :
In the package explorer, right click on the package containing classes about which you want to draw a diagram, select "UML Generators"->Reverse java code
You can use objectaid plugin to generate digrams in eclipse.well documented.
this is the closest i could find to some documentation
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_UML_Generators/New_and_Noteworthy/0.9.0
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I would like to add flowchart in Eclispe RCP.
So I wanted to know is there any free plugin for this purpose? If yes, can anyone please send the link.
Thanks in advance
If you need an graphical editor the best choice is using EMF and GEF. A basic tutorial is here. If you just want to present a flowchart you can use any available chart library for Java and integrate it into your Eclipse RCP application.
Is it possible to create an extension or plugin for Eclipse that gives support to a specific language? Where i can find information about that? Also, can i repackage Eclipse, along with that plugin, and distribute the new package, just like PDT, for example?
Have a look at this page:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/The_Official_Eclipse_FAQs
There is a section "Implementing Support for Your Own Language" at the bottom of that page.
You should definitely have a look at Xtext which allows you quite easily to get first grade ide support for your own langage.
http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/
It's possible. In fact support for specific languages is implemented as plug-ins. See eclipse platform plug-in developers guide and then search for details. Or look for some book like eclipse plugins.
You can repackage and distribute new package. In fact eclipse license gives you more freedom in this than for example GPL.
I'm trying to create an awt and an lcdui custom component visual designer plugin for Eclipse or NetBeans. Drag and drop functionality should be supported.
I have already found this http://wiki.netbeans.org/JavaMEComponent_VDComponentProject but I get some errors on the way and cannot complete the whole process described.
Any other links for Netbeans case?
I haven't discovered anything concerning Eclipse. Any links please?
Google donated WindowBuilder pro to Eclipse, and it was available in the Indigo release (June 2010). See http://eclipse.org/windowbuilder/ and WindowBuilder Pro>Quick Start.
WindowBuilder comes with a set of toolkits already code that can be installed (Swing, SWT, eRCP, GWT). They are pluggable, so depending on your usecase you might be able to extend one of the existing toolkits or write your own (there must be docs for that somewhere :-)
I install Papyrus at here. So how to generate code using Papyrus ?
To generate the java code from UML you can follow the below steps.
New Project->EMF Project Press Next
give the project name
In Model Importer page select UML model and press Next
Select UML model which is created by using Papyrus.Press next
In Package selection page select all the root packages
click finish, it will generate genmodel.
Use the genmodel to generate Java code.
I hope this information helps.
In order to generate any text artifacts from UML models in the Eclipse Modelling Environment (i.e. Papyrus, TopCased, etc.) you should use Acceleo which is an eclipse implementation of the MOF models to text transformation language, the OMG standard language for models to text transformations.
It is a very well made technology but it could take some time to become familiar with it especially if you do not know MOF and the Model Driven Architecture.
QVT is another OMG language but its aim is models to models transformations (not models to text). It is therefore not the right answer to your question.
These can help you.
Papyrus Tutorials
Papyrus is an Eclipse lugin for modeling, you need to use additional Eclipse plugin to do model transformations. In the other answer you can find link to tutorials. First of them indicates you should use QVTo.
Resources:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/M2M/Operational_QVT_Language_%28QVTO%29
http://www.eclipse.org/m2m/qvto/doc
http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/m2m/downloads/index.php?project=qvtoml
To generate code from a UML diagram created with Papyrus must create a run configuration for Papyrus.
More information and a demo video at the following links.
http://www.papyrusuml.org/scripts/home/publigen/content/templates/show.asp?P=140&L=EN
http://www.papyrusuml.org/home/liblocal/docs/Documentation/Java-Code-Gen/Papyrus-GenJava-GenerateCode.swf
You need to install Papyrus Java Classes Generator.
Help --> install new software
work with : http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/papyrus/updates/releases/mars
Check group items by category
Check show only the latest version of available software
Check Papyrus Java
Next --> accept terms and conditions
finish
Now, in your model.di : right click on your class --> Java --> Generate java code.
And you're done !
It doesn't work with Java because even if you get a code from a class diagram then this code is so dirty that it is totally unusable.
It seems that this tool has been written by modelers who have never done any java codding :-)
i am starting to learn Java using Netbeans 6.8 IDE.
i am wondering if there is a utility in NetBeans similar to VS2008 that facilitates commenting code and later display these comments in class diagrams?
thanks.
EDIT: i found the Javadoc feature. it is some help but not that great.
The NetBeans UML Plugin is not supported in NetBeans 6.8 (according to this thread, it may come back in 6.9). The recommended alternative is to use SDE for NetBeans from Visual Paradigm (they do offer a free, community edition of their UML tool that works with NetBeans).
Some alternatives (based on Javadoc style annotations that will generate diagrams in javadoc):
APIviz - APIviz is a JavaDoc doclet which extends the Java standard doclet. It generates comprehensive UML-like class and package diagrams for quick understanding of the overall API structure. (Check the samples!)
UMLGraph - (...) In addition, the UMLGraphDoc doclet included in this distribution automatically adds UML diagrams to javadoc documentation. (Example in this article).
yDoc (commercial) - Example in the statsvn project.
Doxygen - an alternative to javadoc
Personally, I would consider APIviz (that you can call from build tools like Ant or Maven). Really, check this sample to get an idea of the result.
NetBeans used to have a UML module, however it's been discontinued since version 6.7. What you can do as a workaround is install an older version of NetBeans alonside your current version, and use the older version to generate the UML diagrams from your code.
Other tools you might look at are Doxygen, which will auto-generate documentation like Javadoc. Paired with graphviz, it can generate visual call graphs, which Javadoc does not do.