Launching Reverse Engineering

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You can launch the Reverse Engineering process in one of two ways:

Option Process
Creating a Java-Platform UML Project Using the New Project Wizard
  1. Open the Java project that you want to reverse-engineer.
  2. Choose File > New Project from the IDE's main menu.
    The New Project wizard opens.
  3. In the Categories pane, select UML.
  4. In the Projects pane, select Reverse Engineered Java-Platform Model and click Next.
  5. In the Name and Location page, name the project and specify the location of its files.
    The Project Folder field is updated automatically.
  6. Choose the Java project you want to reverse-engineer from the drop-down list of open Java projects.
    Notice that the Reverse Engineer checkboxes are selected by default. Unselect any package you do not want to include in the reverse-engineering process. You must select at least one.
  7. Click Finish.
    The Reverse Engineering process launches and a progress dialog appears. The Output window also displays the progress of the process.
Creating UML Project Using the Reverse Engineer Dialog
  1. Open the existing Java project.
  2. In the Projects window, right-click the Java project you want to reverse-engineer.
  3. Choose Reverse Engineer from the pop-up menu.
    The Reverse Engineer dialog box appears.
  4. In the Java Package Source Package Folders section, select the packages you want to include in the reverse-engineering process. All packages are selected by default.
  5. Select Use Existing UML Project if you want to use an existing UML modeling project to store the files generated by the reverse-engineering process.
    - or-
    Select Create New UML Project if you want to use a new UML project to store the files generated by the reverse-engineering process.
  6. If you selected to use an existing UML project, choose the name of the UML project from the drop-down list of opened Java projects in the Target Project field.
    -or-
    If you selected to create a new UML project, specify the project's name and the location in which to store the generated files. You may use the Browse button to specify the location.
  7. Click OK.
    The Reverse Engineering process launches and the Output window displays the progress.

 

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About Java-Code Reverse Engineering

 


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