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bherd

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Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« on: October 29, 2004, 06:03:44 am »
Hello,

is it possible to generate sequence diagrams automatically depending on the reverse engineered code base or do I have to model those diagrams manually? The class diagram is generated automatically by loading existing code files... What about other diagrams, do they also have to be generated manually? I couldn´t find anything in the manual concerning this topic.

Thanks and regards,

Benni
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2004, 06:13:16 am »
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2004, 06:33:51 am »
Thank you for the answer, that was already very helpful for me. In this article is mentioned that it´s possible to generate activity diagrams automatically. How can I do that?
Please excuse my stupid questions, I´m an absolute newbie in this topic ...
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2004, 08:14:05 am »
Benni,
you *can* do this, but not with standard EA. Other tools are capable of creating activity diagrams automatically (I guess). If you wan't to do it in EA you need to do a little (lot?) programming using its automation interface.
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2004, 05:24:08 am »
The Borland's Together is capable to to reverse engineer the seuquence diagram from the code.

Gabor
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2004, 09:32:26 am »
How about a feature request to EA to have an 'auto switch'
from sequence to collaboration and v.v. as Together does?
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2004, 03:35:26 pm »
We are currently working on a couple of examples to auto generate the diagrams, but none that are tight enough to release as yet. In the short term they will be released as add-ins, but in the future they may become part of the EA standard release.
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2004, 08:13:34 am »
TomO,

any news on when any of these add-ins will be available for examination/beta testing/just trying out?

Many thanks,

Matt
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2004, 05:06:11 pm »
Hey Matt,
As a matter of fact there is. :-) I have been playing around with the idea of setting up a section on the webpage so you guys can download the addins that we are writing and have a bit of a play. Hopefully by this afternoon (Australian Eastern Daylight savings time) (GMT +10) I will have a page up with a couple of addins: a Requirement Document Generator and the forward / reverse Sequence to Collaboration diagram generator. Currently there are some issues with Collaboration to Sequence that we know about - it’s just finding the time to iron them out. Nevertheless we will release the beta versions for feedback and bug finding. ;) How does that sound?
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2004, 07:11:30 pm »
Hehehe... still no movement as yet, maybe I should have quilified that is could be possibly later this afternoon. Running though the processes. (It is still only a possibility, nothing confirmed as yet)


Update: Ok I will add it, it is going to be located in the registered users section on a trial basis. Stay tuned!
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2004, 08:33:19 pm »
Sorry Guys,
It doesn't look like I will be able to get it done today; I am looking to early next week now. Sorry for the inconvenience  :-/
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2004, 07:24:57 am »
Requirement Document Generator? This sounds interesting...
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2004, 04:41:32 am »
I apologise for being sceptic, but I doubt that a correct and usefull sequence diagram can be created by revers engineering, how would the machine recognise the relevan scenarios?
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Re: Generate sequence diagrams automatically
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2004, 02:08:25 pm »


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Requirement Document Generator? This sounds interesting...



It does doesn't it :-) My apologies, I was given the wrong information, the second addin that could be placed up is a MS-Project GANT change generator.  :)
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