Cédric Bosdonnat - UMLhttps://bosdonnat.fr/2007-12-07T12:01:00+01:00A geek's perspectiveGenerating UML diagrams from Java code2007-12-07T12:01:00+01:002007-12-07T12:01:00+01:00Cédric Bosdonnattag:bosdonnat.fr,2007-12-07:/generating-uml-diagrams-from-java-code.html<p>This morning I was browsing the <code>Javadoc</code> FAQ for some
information, and I found an other really interesting one. <code>Javadoc</code> is a
tool which is mostly know for Java code API documentation generation.
However, you can change the result of <code>Javadoc</code> by setting different
doclets. A <strong>doclet</strong> is a Java …</p><p>This morning I was browsing the <code>Javadoc</code> FAQ for some
information, and I found an other really interesting one. <code>Javadoc</code> is a
tool which is mostly know for Java code API documentation generation.
However, you can change the result of <code>Javadoc</code> by setting different
doclets. A <strong>doclet</strong> is a Java library used by <code>Javadoc</code> to render the
parsed informations.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.umlgraph.org/">UMLGraph</a> is a wonderful doclet generating a <a href="http://www.graphviz.org/">Graphviz</a> file to be
used for UML diagrams creations. Simply have a look at the UMLGraph user
documentation (really complete) for more informations on the doclet
usage.</p>
<p>I'll let you know when I'll have a simple example to
show...</p>