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eco_bach

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Q:Reverse engineer to generate just ONE UML for ap
« on: May 09, 2009, 05:25:25 am »
Hi
I've successfully reverse engineered an AS3 project to create UML digrams for each package, but is there a way to create just ONE UML for an entire application??

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Re: Q:Reverse engineer to generate just ONE UML fo
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2009, 01:31:49 pm »
EA's reverse engineering will only create the static class structure and optionally class diagrams for each package.  It does not create a single diagram for an entire application.  In any real world example this will be too large to benefit anyone.

Instead I would recommend making use of your knowledge of the product, and some of EA's features to make more useful diagrams.

For example:

The hierarchy view shows you multiple levels of relationships for the currently selected class. The relationships window shows more information about each of the direct relationships to the current class, and also allows you to drop the objects onto the diagram. Finally, the Insert Related command (in the context menu of an object on a diagram) allows you to insert many related objects all at once.

So, with appropriate use of known significant objects you should be able to achieve some more useful diagrams.

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Re: Q:Reverse engineer to generate just ONE UML fo
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2009, 12:14:49 am »
Thanks Simon
Would you recommend me perusing the documentation for an explanation on using these features?
ie hierarchy view, relationships window, and insert related.


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Re: Q:Reverse engineer to generate just ONE UML fo
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2009, 08:38:45 am »
Reading the help is always useful, there's just a lot of it there.

Insert Related and the Hierarchy view contain help buttons so you can directly go to the relevant help page.