Component of the Week: XMI Toolkit

Convert designs and code between Java, UML, and Rational Rose

Editorial staff (dwinfo@us.ibm.com), developerWorks, IBM

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Summary: Using the XMI Toolkit from IBM, developers can share Java objects using XML, generate document type definitions (DTDs), and convert designs and code between Java, Unified Modeling Language (UML), and the Rational Rose visual modeling tool.

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Date: 01 Jun 2001
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The XML Metadata Interchange Format (XMI) specifies an open, information interchange model that gives developers working with object technology the ability to exchange programming data over the Internet in a standardized way. The XMI standard will allow developers to leverage the Web to exchange object-oriented data among tools, applications, and repositories. The standard will also allow developers to build secure, distributed applications in a team development environment.

In a typical scenario utilizing the XMI Toolkit, the developer first develops an object-oriented analysis model for your application using Rational Rose. Next, the developer uses the XMI Toolkit to generate Java code corresponding to the model. During the development phase in Java, it may be necessary to make structural modifications to the original analysis model. The XMI Toolkit provides the capability to create an updated version of the analysis model that reflects the changes made during development in Java. In this way, the analysis model can be kept in sync with the application source code. The Toolkit can also generate DTDs directly from your models.

See http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xmitoolkit for more information.

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