[off-topic] Re: [Java-gnome-developer] UML Class diagram editor

[Ray A. <ra...@do...>]

Hey Mark,


On Sat, 2004-20-11 at 17:12 +0000, Mark Howard wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm quite interested in creating a new application (using java-gnome, of course)
> and I'm wondering if anyone here is intrested in helping. It's a huge task, so I
> might not even start without extra help. In fact, it's very huge. But there are
> a lot of libraries out there to help us. ANTLR will be especially important. 
<snip/>
I'm not sure what you intended to use for graphical layout, but you
might consider using Apache Batik SVG Toolkit (a java lib,
http://xml.apache.org/batik/). Batik SVG for drawing would allow you to
get SVG->PDF, SVG->(whatever graphic format you want) for free. It also
has a renderer which you could wrap to work in Java-Gnome (now that
would be a _COOL_ addition to the bindings AND serve your project's
interests). Plus, starting with an object model in XML is really the way
to go.

> What do you think? Interested in helping create this?
I'm interested but have too little time, maybe as the project unfolds
this could change.

As for open source UML:

Umbrello, check it out. It's a rather complete and mature UML editor 
(version 1.3.1) with code generation for C++, 
Javascript, PHP, ActionScript, SQL, Python, Ada, IDL, XMLSchema, Perl 
and last but not least Java. It's a Qt based app, but if you're at 
all familiar with C++, it may have a design pattern that could lead you 
in the right direction.

It's standard issue in Fedora Core since FC1.

Goo luck on this new project.

-- 
Ray Auge <ra...@do...>