Hi!
To permit the integration between Dia and a CASE tool for example, we can
imagine
a system based on unix pipes and a small macro language.
The CASE tool connect itself to the Dia pipe and send elementary commands (Open
file,
close, put this object at this position...)
This mechanism can be also used to implements a macros management feature to
Dia...
What do you think about it ?
Gerald
segg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/02/2000 17:44:18
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Objet : Re: UML diagrams -> source code conversion
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> >
> > This seems to be getting off track from dia being a diagram tool. People
> > have said that it would be nice to be able to generate source code from
> > diagrams they do in dia.
> >
>
> I think dia should just generate UXF or XMI, and stop there. A UXF => C++
> or XMI => C++ translator should be a separate tool.
>
> Tools to translate C++ => UXF or C++ => UML should also be separate from
> dia.
>
> I think this will simplify support for multiple languages (that is, dia
> only supports UXF and/or XMI, and other tools handle things like
> Python, smalltalk, c++, java, eiffel, etc.)
>
> I think it will grant users of dia more freedom; eventually there may be a
> variety of tools to turn XMI into language Foo, and they may have
> different (dis)advantages.
>
> I think it will simplify dia too.
>From a developper point of view,
I hope you understand that, using FreeCase as a exemple, Dia contains
the graphical elements(tools) of those modeling tools.
Could/should it be extended to allow this kind of integration.
Can Dia be reusable, in that sense. What are the mechanism provided.
This can be a nice feature to have.
Gilles J. Seguin
ALCATEL SPACE INDUSTRIES
DI/IAG Logiciel vol -- Etablissement de Cannes
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