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List:       kde-kuml-devel
Subject:    Re: XML persistence layer
From:       Darius Stachow <dstachow () ngi ! de>
Date:       2000-07-12 10:59:24
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Hi,

To have several representations of a singe class on different class diagrams 
is already possible in kuml. One way to do that is to create a class by going 
to the project browser view and opening the contextuel menu of 'project'. 
After creation of a class you can add it to a class diagram. When you add the 
class to a diagram just a new view for the class will be created. All created 
views will reference to the shared class object and changes on it will be made 
available for all views in all diagrams.

Currently you have to use the context menu of the class to add it to a 
diagram :-(
Drag'n'drop support would be fine :-)
Just dragging a class onto a diagram to create a new view is more 
comfortable.

The conventional way using the create class icon in the toolbox (EditorTool) 
will create a new class object _and_ a view for it. 


On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, you wrote:
>As many of you are aware, I've been working on an XML persistence layer for
>KUML.  I've gotten too a point where I'm able to store class information
> (not very much, but enough to prove that it works), and have also got it to
> interpret SVG and XMI data files (again only minimally).
>
>In my day job, I do a lot of UML design and implementation and one of the
>things that I like about tools such as Rose is that you can integrate
> several models into a single model using .cat files, and also place a class
> within several diagrams.
>
>It occurred to me when I started to read class information from the XML data
>files, that it will be necessary to support the ability for a class to be
>represented in several diagrams.  I've only just started to look into this
> so I might have the wrong impression of whats happening now, but I'm
> looking for feedback on this so any suggestions are welcome.
>
>Also, what do you think about supporting the dynamic "linking" of one KUML
>model to another at run-time?  For that matter, what about supporting this
>for Rose as well?
>
>Regards...Geoff

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