Comments on: Integrating the TextUML Toolkit with other modeling tools http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/12/23/integrating-textuml-toolkit-with-other-modeling-tools/ A company obsessed with one single goal: stopping people from writing so much code Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: New in 1.3 M1: better integration with diagramming tools | abstratt: news from the front http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/12/23/integrating-textuml-toolkit-with-other-modeling-tools/#comment-801 New in 1.3 M1: better integration with diagramming tools | abstratt: news from the front Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:00:16 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/?p=137#comment-801 [...] though it has always been possible to open models generated by the TextUML Toolkit in UML2-based diagramming tools, until 1.2 the [...] [...] though it has always been possible to open models generated by the TextUML Toolkit in UML2-based diagramming tools, until 1.2 the [...]

]]> By: rafael.chaves http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/12/23/integrating-textuml-toolkit-with-other-modeling-tools/#comment-671 rafael.chaves Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:57:41 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/?p=137#comment-671 Hi Maarten, thanks for the kind words, and thanks also for your suggestion. I investigated a while ago making <a href="www.umlgraph.org" rel="nofollow">UMLGraph</a> (the tool behind LightUML) more generally useful so model creation and diagram rendering capabilities were completely decoupled (the former is based on Java code as input and as such doesn't serve me, while the latter is based on Graphviz, and is really cool). The effort required was not trivial though, and since graphical visualization is more a nice to have than a key feature, I decided to drop that idea and integrated with Graphviz via <a href="http://eclipsegraphviz.sf.net" rel="nofollow">EclipseGraphviz</a> instead. Hi Maarten, thanks for the kind words, and thanks also for your suggestion. I investigated a while ago making UMLGraph (the tool behind LightUML) more generally useful so model creation and diagram rendering capabilities were completely decoupled (the former is based on Java code as input and as such doesn’t serve me, while the latter is based on Graphviz, and is really cool).

The effort required was not trivial though, and since graphical visualization is more a nice to have than a key feature, I decided to drop that idea and integrated with Graphviz via EclipseGraphviz instead.

]]> By: Maarten Meijer http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/12/23/integrating-textuml-toolkit-with-other-modeling-tools/#comment-670 Maarten Meijer Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:53:04 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/?p=137#comment-670 Can't you integrate the apparently stale project at http://lightuml.sourceforge.net/ into your excellent viewer/parser plugin? Can’t you integrate the apparently stale project at http://lightuml.sourceforge.net/ into your excellent viewer/parser plugin?

]]> By: rafael.chaves http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/12/23/integrating-textuml-toolkit-with-other-modeling-tools/#comment-669 rafael.chaves Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:44:56 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/?p=137#comment-669 Hi Jérôme, Actually, the TextUML renderer (the component that generates TextUML source from UML2 models) is pretty much self-contained so I would say it is ready for integration into Papyrus. It only needs to be wired into whatever framework Papyrus offers for third-party diagram providers. Not sure how easy or hard that part is. Cheers, Rafael Hi Jérôme,

Actually, the TextUML renderer (the component that generates TextUML source from UML2 models) is pretty much self-contained so I would say it is ready for integration into Papyrus. It only needs to be wired into whatever framework Papyrus offers for third-party diagram providers. Not sure how easy or hard that part is.

Cheers,

Rafael

]]> By: Jerome BENOIS http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/12/23/integrating-textuml-toolkit-with-other-modeling-tools/#comment-668 Jerome BENOIS Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:03:14 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/?p=137#comment-668 Hi Rafael, Great! "Reading models created by other UML tools using the TextUML notation" could provide an excellent way to integrate TextUML as an Eclipse Papyrus Diagram. Cheers, Jérôme. Hi Rafael,

Great!
“Reading models created by other UML tools using the TextUML notation” could provide an excellent way to integrate TextUML as an Eclipse Papyrus Diagram.

Cheers,
Jérôme.

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