Re: XMI

[Levi Bard <levi bard sytes net>]

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 15:57:03 +0100 (IST)
Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, James Michael DuPont wrote:
>
> > > Compiling argouml with gcj would be an "interesting" approach.
> > Just the core parts. There are a few nice Java libraries with few
> > system dependancies. The Novosoft XMI engine might be interesting to
> > link in.
> > > You may have noticed i have a thing for code reuse and portability
> > > and
> > > cooperation, if you plan to do this in big way maybe you could get
> > > some of
> > > the Kivio developers to cooperate (random suggestion of the day).
> >
> > Or the Argo developers. One reason why I like dia over argo is that it
> > is fast. Argo is a pig (But a sweet one, mmmmh : ham sandwiches come to
> > mind)
>
> you suggest using GCJ (Gnu Compiler for Java) have you used it on Argo
> before and is it still slow even when compiled to a native linux binary
> using GCJ?
> is that other commercial (?) program based on Argo also slow?
> being able to exchange files with Argo would be great.

Since Argo is a gui app, the whole of it can't be compiled with gcj.  I will look at some of the XMI code, 
however.  It would be interesting to see how the performance of something like that would be if compiled into 
a native library and linked into a C application.  
And yes, that other commercial program based on Argo is also a pig.  This is part of the reason I'm so 
interested in Dia having XMI support; most of the other OSS UML tools are in Java (my system is too slow) or 
use QT (for which I have an irrational dislike).  Additionally, I've been using Dia for quite some time, and 
have grown fond of it.


Levi