Re: Software Patterns into shapes using UML shapes?

[David Hickerson <dahicke datawest net>]

Cyrille Chepelov wrote:

> Maybe the best solution then would be not to have shapes (which are really
> just a structureless SVG drawing plus some metadata), but the ability to
> insert a whole ("template") drawing. For instance, you start your UML
> diagram; you want to add a visitor ?
>         File...Insert Template...select visitor.dia... pooof ! one group
>         appears, with the contents of visitor.dia inside.
>         now move, ungroup and rename as fit.
>
> I think this could be quite easy to implement, compared to adding the
> ability to have shapes be fully structured dia drawings ?
>
> (thinking about it, in fact, what I describe above *could* in fact be
> packaged into the shapes toolbox; what's important is to build the feature)
>         
I have I always thought of templates as being a start time thing, choose 
a template to start from. With these patterns, you would may use 
multiply patterns in the same drawing ( an Abstract Factory with 
Decorator pattern wrapped in a Facade).

I like the idea of the file insert. That seems to be a good start.

BTW, is there an archeture doc I could get a idea how this app works.

Dave H.