Features

• offers graphical representations based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  Unified Modeling Language
  Unified Modeling Language is a standardized general-purpose modeling language in the field of object-oriented software engineering. The standard is managed, and was created, by the Object Management Group...
  
   and the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN).
• for the development of domain model
  Domain model
  A domain model in problem solving and software engineering can be thought of as a conceptual model of a domain of interest which describes the various entities, their attributes, roles and relationships, plus the constraints that govern the integrity of the model elements comprising that problem...
  
  s with the UML, automatic transformation into technical models and automated code generation
  Automatic programming
  In computer science, the term automatic programming identifies a type of computer programming in which some mechanism generates a computer program to allow human programmers to write the code at a higher abstraction level....
  
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• for Business process modeling
  Business process modeling
  Business Process Modeling in systems engineering is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analyzed and improved. BPM is typically performed by business analysts and managers who are seeking to improve process efficiency and quality...
  
  , object-oriented programming
  Object-oriented programming
  Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm using "objects" – data structures consisting of data fields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. Programming techniques may include features such as data abstraction,...
  
   (OOP) and object-oriented analysis and design
  Object-oriented analysis and design
  Object-oriented analysis and design is a software engineering approach that models a system as a group of interacting objects. Each object represents some entity of interest in the system being modeled, and is characterised by its class, its state , and its behavior...
  
   (OOAD)
• code generation for different programming language
  Programming language
  A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely....
  
  s: Java
  Java (programming language)
  Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
  
  , C#, Visual Basic.NET and C++
  C++
  C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
  
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• round-trip engineering
  Round-trip engineering
  Round-trip engineering is a functionality of software development tools that synchronizes two or more related software artifacts, such as, source code, models, configuration files, and other documents...
  
   in a suitable integrated development environment
  Integrated development environment
  An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
  
   (IDE): Microsoft Visual Studio
  Microsoft Visual Studio
  Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop console and graphical user interface applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed code for all...
  
   or Eclipse.
• suitable for iterative development as changed models can be transformed at any time.
• reverse engineering
  Reverse engineering
  Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object, or system through analysis of its structure, function, and operation...
  
  
• offers use case diagram
  Use case diagram
  A use case diagram in the Unified Modeling Language is a type of behavioral diagram defined by and created from a Use-case analysis. Its purpose is to present a graphical overview of the functionality provided by a system in terms of actors, their goals , and any dependencies between those use...
  
  s, package diagram
  Package diagram
  A package diagram in the Unified Modeling Language depicts the dependencies between the packages that make up a model.- Overview :In addition to the standard UML Dependency relationship, there are two special types of dependencies defined between packages:...
  
  s, activity diagram
  Activity diagram
  Activity diagrams are graphical representations of workflows of stepwise activities and actions with support for choice, iteration and concurrency. In the Unified Modeling Language, activity diagrams can be used to describe the business and operational step-by-step workflows of components in a system...
  
  s and sequence diagram
  Sequence diagram
  A sequence diagram in Unified Modeling Language is a kind of interaction diagram that shows how processes operate with one another and in what order. It is a construct of a Message Sequence Chart....
  
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• based on a multi-user-repository
  Repository
  Repository commonly refers to a location for storage, often for safety or preservation.Repository may also refer to:* Repository clone, concept from distributed revision control...
  
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Articles (in German only)

• Michael Dutz: Unified Modeling Language. Totgesagte leben länger. dotNET Magazin 3/2011. S. 35-37.
• Veikko Krypczyk: Butter bei die Fische. Unified Modeling Language, Teil 4: Vom Modell zum Quellcode. dotNET Magazin 5/2010. S. 50-56.
• Dirk Frischalowski: Softwareentwurf mit der UML. dotNET Magazin 11/2004. S. 82-84.

See also

• UML tool
  UML tool
  A UML tool or UML modeling tool is a software application that supports some or all of the notation and semantics associated with the Unified Modeling Language , which is the industry standard general purpose modeling language for software engineering.UML tool is used broadly here to include...
  
  
• List of Unified Modeling Language tools
• Model-driven engineering
  Model-driven engineering
  Model-driven engineering is a software development methodology which focuses on creating and exploiting domain models , rather than on the computing concepts...
  
  
• Computer-aided software engineering
  Computer-aided software engineering
  Computer-aided software engineering is the scientific application of a set of tools and methods to a software system which is meant to result in high-quality, defect-free, and maintainable software products...