The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: UML::Sequence
DSLIP: adpOp
description: draws sequence diagrams by running the code
userid: PHILCROW (Philip Crow)
chapterid: 18 (Images_Pixmaps_Bitmaps)
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rationale:
There are probably several people who would like to build tools for
the production and manipulation of UML. I know I am one. There is
not a UML top level now. I think there should be. When my boss wants
UML, I don't want to have to use Visio to produce it. I don't even
want to produce it manually from the command line. Perl should do
this sort of thing for me.
There is another CPAN user TEEJAY who has a package he calls
AutoDia which draws other UML diagrams (class diagrams, etc.). So
far as I could tell from the docs, AutoDia does not draw sequence
diagrams. Further, it is not on CPAN.
The module I'm ready to submit (UML::Sequence) runs a perl program
of your choice under Devel::DProf and (together with other provided
scripts and UML::Sequence::* modules) generates an svg picture of
the sequence of calls which actually executed. You have control over
which functions appear in the output.
You can also produce a sequence diagram just by typing in an
outline of the calls.
If you're willing to write your own three function module, you can
generate your own sequences for other languages or input formats.
I've demonstrated this by writing the proper module for Java and
supplying a Java program to feed it (I wish the Java debugger
architecture had Perl hooks). This could be included in the
distribution if the CPAN maintainers wouldn't be too offended by the
presence of Java code on CPAN.
enteredby: PHILCROW (Philip Crow)
enteredon: Mon Jan 27 21:37:24 2003 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
UML::
::Sequence adpOp draws sequence diagrams by running the code PHILCROW
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