> Hi Michael,
>
> thanks for your mail and sorry for the late reply. I've been away.
>
>> I have been looking at ArgoUML (www.argouml.org) as a platform for
>> writing a UI for an open-source O/R mapping tool
>> (hibernate, OJB, Cayenne).
>
> Daring, I'd say. I am not sure you'll be able to come up with a single,
> model-based concept that enables all the plugins to generate the
> framework-specific output; but then I've been wrong before. :-)
I guess I need some time to digest this idea. Though I don't see
CayenneModeler going away anytime soon :-).
Just wanted to share some of my experience with UML tools.
1. ArgoUML seems the only one Java OpenSource one. So it is a natural
candidate for any kind of integration. But... I used the OpenSource
version of it (can't say anything about commercial versions). My
experience was real bad. It turned out totally unusable.
2. There is Rational XDE which is Eclipse based (or at least is using the
same SDK). I haven't used it much though the UI looks much better than
traditional Rose. But with the Rational (or is it IBM already?) pricing
model, writing plugins for it may not practical.
3. EA (Enterprise Architect) from Sparx (http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/).
I like this a lot and use it occasionally in my work (I plan to maybe do
some Cayenne diagrams for the User Guide), I even paid a $100 for their
license :-). Unfortunately this is C++/Windows. Not very open.
Oh well... In my view there is no decent platform to integrate with. So
being able to work at the XMI level to import/export things seems like the
best way . Kind of what Arndt was talking about.
Andrus
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