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Published: 2017 © 2017 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 28 3.4 Object Diagrams................................................................................................................. 33 3.5 Component................................................................................................................. Diagrams 38 3.6 Deployment................................................................................................................. Diagrams 43 3.7 Round-trip................................................................................................................. engineering (model - code - model) 47 3.8 Round-trip................................................................................................................. engineering (code - model - code) 53 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 88 4.10.2 Cut, copy................................................................................................... and paste in UModel Diagrams 90 4.11 Adding/Inserting................................................................................................................. model elements 93 4.12 Hyperlinking................................................................................................................. modeling elements 95 Altova UModel 2017 1 4.13 Bank samples................................................................................................................. 100 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 131 6.4.2 Refactoring................................................................................................... Code and Synchronization 133 6.5 Forward................................................................................................................. engineering prerequisites 135 6.6 Java code................................................................................................................. to/from UModel elements 137 6.7 C# code................................................................................................................. to/from UModel elements 138 6.8 XML Schema................................................................................................................. to/from UModel elements 139 6.9 VB.NET................................................................................................................. code to/from UModel elements 140 6.10 Including................................................................................................................. other UModel projects 141 6.11 Merging................................................................................................................. UModel projects 143 6.11.1 2-way Project................................................................................................... merge 143 6.11.2 3-way Project................................................................................................... merge 144 6.11.3 Manual................................................................................................... 3-way project merge example 145 6.12 Sharing................................................................................................................. Packages and Diagrams 149 6.13 UML templates................................................................................................................. 152 6.13.1 Template................................................................................................... signatures 153 6.13.2 Template................................................................................................... binding 154 6.13.3 Template................................................................................................... usage in operations and properties 154 6.14 Project................................................................................................................. Settings 156 6.15 Enhancing................................................................................................................. performance 157 7 Creating model relationships 160 7.1 Showing................................................................................................................. model relationships 163 7.2 Associations,................................................................................................................. realizations and dependencies 165 8 Generating UML documentation 170 2 Altova UModel 2017 8.1 Supplied................................................................................................................. SPS stylesheet 177 8.2 User-defined................................................................................................................. Stylesheets 179 9 UML Diagrams 182 9.1 Behavioral................................................................................................................. Diagrams 183 9.1.1 Activity................................................................................................... Diagram 183 Inserting........................................................................................................... Activity Diagram elements 184 Creating........................................................................................................... branches and merges 186 Activity........................................................................................................... Diagram elements 189 9.1.2 State Machine..................................................................................................