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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future > of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community > Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0004en > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel