Hello Tony!

There is a plugin called argouml-andromda that added some features to
ArgoUML allowing the start of AndroMDA from within argouml. Unluckily,
nobody has worked with it for a while so it doesn't work right now.

Perhaps you would like to have a look at that?

        /Linus


2007/11/27, Tony Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Ooohhhhh, I see.  So the missing piece of the puzzle I was looking for was
> this thing called "model transformation".  I knew there was another step in
> between platform-independent model and code generation.  (I'm understanding
> this correctly, right?)
>
> I haven't used AndroMDA, but one of the things I like about ArgoUML is
> that I can model and generate code without having to switch tools.
> Switching tools will get the job done, but I can't help but think that if
> ArgoUML were to allow for this it would go a long way towards making it
> fulfill the the Goals listed on the Developer's Zone:
>
> <blockquote>
>
>    - a joy to use
>    - actually helpful to designers when they are making design
>    decisions, by offering cognitive support through critics
>    - completely open source Java (FreeBSD license)
>    - supporting everything in UML
>    - modular and extensible
>    - integrated with the web and other Tigris tools.
>
> </blockquote>
>
> Model Transformation would be a joy for me :).
>
> …And I guess it would fall under a module or extension?
>
> -- Zearin
>
>
> Neustupny Thomas wrote:
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> my idea about that topic: let ArgoUML take care to produce models that can be 
> used with AndroMDA (see http://www.andromda.org), and leave the 
> transformation/generation work to them. Read their forum, and you'll see that 
> we had several contacts in the past, and our step from NSUML to MDR enabled 
> us to have compatible models (there are some issues though). BTW, their new 
> release AndroMDA 4 (it's not yet released) allows for model transformation, 
> not only code generation.
>
>
>

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