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Published: 2015 © 2015 Altova GmbH Table of Contents 1 UModel 3 2 Introducing UModel 6 3 UModel tutorial 8 3.1 Starting .................................................................................................................UModel 10 3.2 Use cases................................................................................................................. 14 3.3 Class Diagrams................................................................................................................. 22 3.3.1 Creating................................................................................................... derived classes 29 3.4 Object Diagrams................................................................................................................. 34 3.5 Component................................................................................................................. Diagrams 39 3.6 Deployment................................................................................................................. Diagrams 44 3.7 Round-trip................................................................................................................. engineering (model - code - model) 48 3.8 Round-trip................................................................................................................. engineering (code - model - code) 54 4 UModel User Interface 64 4.1 Model Tree................................................................................................................. 65 4.2 Diagram................................................................................................................. Tree 70 4.3 Favorites................................................................................................................. 72 4.4 Properties................................................................................................................. 74 4.5 Styles ................................................................................................................. 76 4.6 Hierarchy................................................................................................................. 79 4.7 Overview................................................................................................................. 82 4.8 Documentation................................................................................................................. 83 4.9 Messages................................................................................................................. 84 4.10 Diagram................................................................................................................. pane 85 4.10.1 Diagram................................................................................................... properties 89 4.10.2 Cut, copy................................................................................................... and paste in UModel Diagrams 91 4.11 Adding/Inserting................................................................................................................. model elements 94 4.12 Hyperlinking................................................................................................................. modeling elements 96 Altova UModel 2016 1 4.13 Bank samples................................................................................................................. 101 5 UModel Command Line Interface 104 5.1 File: New................................................................................................................. / Load / Save options 108 6 Projects and code engineering 110 6.1 Minimalist................................................................................................................. UModel project - starting from scratch 113 6.2 Importing................................................................................................................. source code into projects 118 6.3 Importing................................................................................................................. Java, C# and VB binaries 123 6.4 Synchronizing................................................................................................................. the Model and Source Code 129 6.4.1 Synchronization................................................................................................... Tips 132 6.4.2 Refactoring................................................................................................... Code and Synchronization 134 6.5 Forward................................................................................................................. engineering prerequisites 136 6.6 Java code................................................................................................................. to/from UModel elements 138 6.7 C# code................................................................................................................. to/from UModel elements 139 6.8 XML Schema................................................................................................................. to/from UModel elements 140 6.9 VB.NET................................................................................................................. code to/from UModel elements 141 6.10 Database................................................................................................................. to/from UModel elements 142 6.11 Including................................................................................................................. other UModel projects 143 6.12 Merging................................................................................................................. UModel projects 145 6.12.1 2-way Project................................................................................................... merge 146 6.12.2 3-way Project................................................................................................... merge 147 6.12.3 Manual................................................................................................... 3-way project merge example 149 6.13 Sharing................................................................................................................. Packages and Diagrams 152 6.14 UML templates................................................................................................................. 155 6.14.1 Template................................................................................................... signatures 157 6.14.2 Template................................................................................................... binding 158 6.14.3 Template................................................................................................... usage in operations and properties 159 6.15 Project................................................................................................................. Settings 160 6.16 Enhancing................................................................................................................. performance 161 7 Creating model relationships 164 7.1 Showing................................................................................................................. model relationships 167 7.2 Associations,................................................................................................................. realizations and dependencies 169 2 Altova UModel 2016 8 Generating UML documentation 174 8.1 Supplied................................................................................................................. SPS stylesheet 181 8.2 User-defined................................................................................................................. Stylesheets 182 9 UML Diagrams 184 9.1 Behavioral................................................................................................................. Diagrams 185 9.1.1 Activity................................................................................................... Diagram 186 Inserting........................................................................................................... Activity Diagram elements 187 Creating........................................................................................................... branches and merges 189 Activity..........................................................................................................