Creating or editing Java-to-UML transformation configurations

To generate output such as code from a source model, or to generate a model from code, you must run a transformation. To run a transformation, you must create a transformation configuration. A transformation configuration specifies information that a transformation requires to generate the expected output.

A transformation configuration has .tc as a file name extension and is located in the Eclipse workspace. To edit an existing transformation, double-click a transformation configuration file, which opens the Transformation Configuration editor.

Check the Problems view for error or warning messages after you save changes to a transformation configuration file.

Creating Java-to-UML transformation configurations
Before you can run a transformation, you must create a transformation configuration. A transformation configuration contains the information that the transformation uses to generate the output that you expect. A transformation configuration also contains information that is specific to a particular type of transformation.
Editing Java-to-UML transformation configurations
You can edit an existing transformation configuration to refine how the transformation generates output.
Enabling and configuring reverse transformations
You can enable a reverse transformation if it is supported and installed. Reverse transformations enable you to recover changes to the model or recover changes to source code. This process is useful when the model and code are developed concurrently.
Specifying sources and targets for Java-to-UML transformations
You can select the code project or code elements on which to run a transformation, and specify a UML model where the transformation generates UML elements.
Specifying the UML collection types that the Java-to-UML transformation generates
You can specify how the transformation transforms the selected Java collection types in the source Java project into UML collection types. A collection represents a group of model elements. The collection type determines whether duplicate model elements in the collection can exist or whether the model elements are ordered.
Transforming Java getter and setter methods into UML operations
You can specify that a transformation transform Java getter and setter methods into UML operations. If you do not want to display the UML operations for Java getters and setters in your target UML model when you run the Java-to-UML transformation, do not select this check box.
Specifying the UML package structure that Java-to-UML transformations generate
You can specify whether the transformation generates a flat UML package structure in the target UML model for each Java package in the source Java project. If you do not specify that the transformation generates a flat packages structure, the transformation generates a hierarchical packages structure.
Generating debug information for Java-to-UML transformations
If a transformation does not generate the output that you expect, you can specify that the transformation generate a log file. You can use the information in the log files to debug the transformations that you write.

Parent topic: Transforming Java code into UML models

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Transformations and transformation configurations