Who to use activity diagram ?

[Cisore]

Hello, I'm new user on EA and I would like to generate code with activity diagram.

I have created one activity diagram and, in one operation, I'm put it in the case "Behavior".

I don't know if it's the good process but no code was generate.

Thanks to take time for yours answers.

Ps: sorry for my English (I'm french)

[Eve]

Make sure you add the activity and a child activity diagram to a class. You can only generate code from classes.

[Cisore]

Yes I do (I think).

My process :

-I have create one class (naming test)
-I have add one operation (naming plop)
-With right click on the class, a have add a activity diagram
-I draw a diagram with Action and Decision element
(I think it's in this step who I make a mistake)
-I link the diagram with the operation plop. (double click on the operation -> behavior -> select behavior )

did I have the good process ?

[Eve]

Instead of adding an activity diagram directly to the class you need to add an activity to the class (with the activity diagram under it)

[Cisore]

My mistake, I have add a Activity with a activity diagram , not a activity diagram.

I have not been precise with my previous message.

But they don't work.

(Do you have tutorial who they build one activity step by step ?)

Thanks for your answers

[Aaron B]

Which edition of Enterprise Architect are you running?  (E.g. Professional, Corporate, Systems, etc)

[MMA]

1. What language are you using to generate code. Settings | Code Generation Template | Language: choose your language | Templates: select "Action", if the template is empty, then you need to create template yourself. EA by default support lots of language to generate Behavior model e.g. C/C++/C#/VBNet/Java/SystemC/Verilog/VHDL/WorkFlowScript...
2. An initial node is essential and Control Flow is the connector to use.
3. Concrete Steps:
    1. Create a  Class | Context menu | Add | Activity | with Activity Diagram
    2. Initial Node | Control Flow to Action1 | Control Flow to Final
    3. Set Action1 's Effect.
         it can either be opaque ("Effect" tab | edit something like "Print1;")
         or be a call operation (Advanced tab | kind as "CallOperation" | OK | Call tab will appear | select your defined behavior | OK)
    4. Generate code

[Cisore]

Which edition of Enterprise Architect are you running?  (E.g. Professional, Corporate, Systems, etc)

I have the Corporate edition. Version 8.0

1. What language are you using to generate code. Settings | Code Generation Template | Language: choose your language | Templates: select "Action", if the template is empty, then you need to create template yourself.

I'm using C++ language. But I don't find the templates "Action" (Probably you don't have the same version like me)

3. Concrete Steps:
    1. Create a  Class | Context menu | Add | Activity | with Activity Diagram
    2. Initial Node | Control Flow to Action1 | Control Flow to Final
    3. Set Action1 's Effect.
         it can either be opaque ("Effect" tab | edit something like "Print1;")
         or be a call operation (Advanced tab | kind as "CallOperation" | OK | Call tab will appear | select your defined behavior | OK)
    4. Generate code

you never "link" the Activity at one operation ? It's normal ?

Thinks a lot to take time at my questions !

Cisore

[qwerty]

Hi Cisore, use Thanks instead of Thinks :-)

[Eve]

I have the Corporate edition. Version 8.0

Then that's the problem. Generation from activity diagrams requires the Systems Engineering edition.

[Cisore]

I have the Corporate edition. Version 8.0

Then that's the problem. Generation from activity diagrams requires the Systems Engineering edition.

Thanks ( qwerty) Simon,
One week how I don't understand why I don't arrived to generate code. And the answer are so easy ...  because it's impossible

[Cisore]

I have one more question on this subject   :
it's possible to select which diagrams what EA need to generate and which don't need to generate ?

[Cisore]

up

[MMA]

Activity diagram code generation is based on parent Class Element.
In other words, if you generate code on the Class, then all the activity diagrams under it will be generated.

If you want to isolate some of them, you can simply create a new class(parallel to this class), move the Activity element(with activity diagram) to the new class.

[Cisore]

Ok
Thanks for answer !