uml2re
Class GvDiagram

java.lang.Object
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  +--uml2re.GvDiagram

public class GvDiagram

extends java.lang.Object

This class is able to load a UML2 diagram from an XMI file and generate the corresponding diagrams in Graphviz format. The XMI must be 2.0 and conforming to what the Eclipse UML2 tool generates.

Version:

0.1, 04/21/2005

Author:

Marco Torchiano

See Also:

Graphviz home page, Eclipse UML2 project page

Constructor Summary

GvDiagram(java.lang.String fileName)
Constructor from an XMI file.

Method Summary

void	generateClassDiagram(java.lang.String dotFileName) Generates a class diagram containing all the classes of the model.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GvDiagram

public GvDiagram(java.lang.String fileName)
          throws java.io.IOException

Constructor from an XMI file.

Parameters:

fileName - path of the XMI file containing the model

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if anything goes wring with the file

Method Detail

generateClassDiagram

public void generateClassDiagram(java.lang.String dotFileName)
                          throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Generates a class diagram containing all the classes of the model. The diagram is generated as a Graphviz digraph diagram. It can be rendered to an image file (e.g. jpg, png, ps) with the dot program. Be aware that if many classes are present in the model the diagram becomes easily unmanageable. TODO: implement options e.g. show/hide attributes, methods

Parameters:

dotFileName - the path of the file that will contain the diagram (.dot)

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException