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Automatic Generation of Sequence Diagrams and Updating Domain Model from Use Cases

Authors:
Fabio Souza
Fernando Giorno

Keywords: Analysis Model; Use Case; Sequence Diagram; Model Driven Architecture.

Abstract:
Software modeling allows for problem decomposition in a way that facilitates analysis and communication of the solution to developers and other interested parties. Models are widely used in engineering in general, but in Software Engineering modeling has often been left out due to the pressures to improve deadlines. A method and a tool that reduce the duration of this phase could help furthering the modeling phase. Use Cases are commonly utilized for functional specifications in Object-Oriented paradigm and the use of markups in Use Cases allow an automatic partial generation of Analysis Models, reducing the time of the modeling phase in this paradigm. This paper proposes a combination of rules for marking up Use Cases and one procedure for generating partial Sequence Diagrams with analysis classes (one Sequence Diagram for each Use Case) and the updating of the Domain Model with operations. A tool was built to prove the concept and two experiments were carried out.

Pages: 85 to 92

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: April 19, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8394

ISBN: 978-1-61208-449-7

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from April 19, 2015 to April 24, 2015