Re: [Hibernate] Hibernate2UML

[Gavin K. <ga...@ap...>]

Yeah that would be cool. I think with the new *Metadata interfaces its also
quite easily doable. I don't know much about xmi myself but if you do, I
think you would be able to implement this quite straightforwardly....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ampie Barnard" <amp...@mw...>
To: <hib...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 1:23 PM
Subject: [Hibernate] Hibernate2UML


> 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
>
>
>
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