Treffer: UML Modeling in WSAD 5.1: Leverage the power of WSAD's UML support to visualize the structure and relationships of your Java classes.

The article presents information on leveraging the power of WSAD's UML support to visualize the structure and relationships of the Java classes. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a language for visualizing the artifacts of software systems. Widely accepted, UML represents one of the most popular standards for meta-modeling and notation. IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) 5.1 released a rich new set of features. One particular feature is the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) and Java UML visual editing tool. The first step in UML visualization is to create a class diagram. From the File menu, select File > New > Other, then select UML Visualization from the resulting dialog. Select Class Diagram on the right, then click on Next. In the subsequent New Class Diagram window, enter "Sample" for the diagram name, then click on Finish. To create a Java method for the newly created interface, select the interface and right-click to reveal its context menu. The UML tools offered in WSAD 5.1 is useful. However, enterprises that require more extensive UML support should consider IBM Rational Rose XDE Developer. Rational XDE's offerings are geared toward the entire application lifecycle. It comes with out-of-the-box advanced offerings such as code and model synchronization, a pattern engine, and multi-model support.