Concurrently develop UML models and Java code using transformations

Transformations and visual development features enable architects and developers to design and develop a model concurrently. Architects can create conceptual model elements while developers create code elements or modify the code elements that a transformation generated. Visual development features enable architects to update the UML model with new code elements. To generate code for new model elements, architects can rerun the transformation.

This tutorial shows you how to configure and run a UML-to-Java transformation that applies the Replace UML elements option. When a transformation applies the Replace UML elements option, the source code that the transformation generates becomes the primary engineering artifact, and the elements in the model become visual representations of the code. The tutorial demonstrates how to rerun the UML-to-Java transformation to transform new UML model elements into Java code. The tutorial also shows how to configure and run the Java-to-UML transformation to create a UML model from an existing Java project.

Specifically, this tutorial shows you how to perform the following tasks:

• Create a UML-to-Java transformation configuration that replaces the elements in a UML model with visual representations of those elements
• Run the UML-to-Java transformation on a UML model
• Add code elements to the Java project
• Edit the visual representation and the code of a Java class
• Add and modify elements in the UML model
• Rerun the UML-to-Java transformation
• View how changes to the UML model affect the Java project
• Create a Java-to-UML transformation configuration
• Run the Java-to-UML transformation on an existing Java project