Re: Ada95 and UML

["Pat Rogers" <progers@classwide.com>]

"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
news:V6%A6.3207$FY5.219754@www.newsranger.com...
> In article <9b1q2v$s6j4@cui1.lmms.lmco.com>, Joe Simon says...
> >I am attempting to acertain what the implications are in using UML with
> >Ada95 (The UML development tool we are using as of now is Telelogic Tau,
it
> >generates each object as a separate package with only one type, making it
> >difficult to use Ada the way we are used to).
<snip>
> We used that tool about 3 product name changes and 2 owners ago. I hope
you have
> better luck with it than we did. Perhaps its much improved by now. I
wouldn't
> know. We couldn't get the previous version to install (even with our best
> engineers talking to their tech support).
>
> My suggestion would be to not bother with its code generation; just use it
as a
> drafting tool.

Let me suggest having a look at UMLStudio.  It does generate Ada 95 code
from the diagrams and is quite tailorable (e.g., I wrote their generation
code myself), but doesn't support reverse engineering for Ada (unlike the
other languages supported).  The cost is very reasonable for such things and
free downloadable trial versions are available.  See www.pragsoft.com for
downloads/details.  If more people ask for Ada reverse engineering they will
have reason to consider it.

PS: I'm not related in any way, other than as a user.

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