Re: dia - python - UML

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 15:04, Luca Manini wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> new to the list so ... hi to everybody.
>
> I'm using Dia (since a couple of days) to make UML diagrams "of Python
> code".  I do not know UML well and I do not like it too much either,
> but it always useful to have some Dia/gram and Dia is quite nice.
>
> I do prefere to write Python code by hand (ok, Emacs) and get some UML
> for free. I've found that happy-doc can produce Dia diagrams from
> Python code (nothing elaborated as I can tell, but enough for me).
>
> The problem is of course that the code changes ;-)
>
> My idea is to produce the class "boxes" (with attributes and methods)
> automagically from code (happy-doc), "import" them in another Diagram
> (XML massaging) where I can, by hand, put them in the right place
> (coordinates) and decorate them with connection and any other missing
> info.  Then, when the code changes (some new classes, some new/changed
> method), regenerate the "automagic" diagram and reimport it.  Some
> things will be broken, but much of the previous work should be still
> there.
>
> Has anybody tried something like that, either the goal (or the
> solution!) or the approach.

I don't know that anybody has done the regeneration thing, but autodia
does generate diagrams for a number of languages.

-Lars