Creating Projects
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The New Project wizard guides you through the first step of creating a UML model, which is to create a UML project. Before you start, you should decide which approach you will use to create the UML project. For more information about your options, see About Projects.
Creating a platform-independent UML project:
In a platform-independent UML project, only UML modeling (platform/language-agnostic)
rules are applied to the model and elements that you create in your project. Source code
can not be generated and
platform/language-related
rules are not applied.
.
To create a platform-independent UML project:
- Choose File > New Project.
The New Project wizard opens.
- In the Categories pane, select UML.
- In the Projects pane, select Platform-Independent Model and click Next.
- In the Name and Location page of the wizard, name the project and specify the location for its files.
- Click Finish.
The New Diagram Wizard opens so that you can create the first diagram in your UML project. The Projects window contains a new UML project node for your project.
Creating a Java platform UML project:
In a Java platform-dependent modeling project, Java platform/language
rules
are applied to the model and elements that you create in your UML project.
To create a Java platform UML project:
- Choose File > New Project.
The New Project wizard opens.
- In the Categories pane, select UML.
- In the Projects pane, select Java-Platform Model and click Next.
- In the Name and Location page of the wizard, name the project and specify the location for its files.
- To finish creating your UML project, click Finish.
The New Diagram Wizard opens so that you can create the first diagram in your UML project. The Projects window contains a new UML project node for your project.
Creating a Java platform UML project by reverse engineering a Java project:
Use the following steps to create a Java platform modeling project that is populated with elements that are reverse-engineered from an existing Java project.
- Open the Java project that you want to reverse engineer.
- Choose File > New Project.
The New Project wizard opens.
- In the Categories pane, select UML.
- In the Projects pane, select Reverse-Engineered Java-Platform Model and click Next.
- In the Name and Location page of the wizard, name the project and specify the location for its files.
- Choose the Java project from the drop-down list of open Java projects.
Notice that the Reverse Engineer checkboxes are selected. If you do not want to include a package in the reverse-engineering projects, unselect its checkbox. You must select at least one.
- Click Finish to complete the creation of your UML project.
The Projects window contains a new UML project node for your Java project.
- See Also
- Creating Diagrams
- Working With Projects
- Deleting Projects
- About Projects
- About Java Code Reverse Engineering
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- Projects Window
- Setting the Main Project
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