Generate PIM from a PSM?

[clw]

Hi, I'm new to the forums and to EA.

I'm on a project that is new.  A bunch of C# classes (newly-written) comprise the domain classes of the project.  These classes must be converted to WSDL (for transmission over a WSDL interface) and to DDL (because they will be stored in an RDB).

I know that EA allows me to import the C# source files, and I think I end up with a PSM (platform-specific model).  I'd like to have a corresponding PIM (platform-independent model) that is auto-generated from the PSM.  Then I can use the PIM to auto-generate other PSMs like DDL (for the database) and the "types" portion of a WSDL model.

Question: Does EA have the ability to generate a PIM from a PSM?  Or is this step unnecessary?  Or is there some other way to do this?

Chris

[Eve]

It can be done, and I have done it (though not from C#) but it's much more complicated and error prone than going from PIM to PSM.  Basically you need to recognize and remove all language specific details (eg. Properties)