[Hibernate] Hibernate2UML

[Ampie B. <amp...@mw...>]

Just a thought

Currently Hibernate allows me to generate java code and db schemas from my
mapping file. It would be great if I could generate a UML class diagram (in
the form an xmi file ) from my mapping file. The mapping file is already
rich in UML concepts like composition, aggregation, association, keyed and
ordered relationships. Yet another indication how well Hibernate sticks to
the OO paradigm!

Personally my class diagrams seldom go into more detail than my persistence
model, but I do find that as we approach the deadline of a project, even
these diagrams get out of sync with my code and the db. And then after that
I have the business analysts on my back asking all sorts of silly questions,
which they could answer for themselves if they understood my Hibernate
mapping file, which will never get out of sync with my db and code.

Ampie