From: itsme213 <itsme213@...>
Date: 2006-10-21T11:50:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT:usage of uml]


"Joel VanderWerf" <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> wrote in message

> It would be interesting if it were possible to generate UML from ruby 
> source

Some of this would be simplified if the various flavors of #attr_accessor, 
#trait etc. actually kept around a simple representation of the declarations 
themselves, rather than just generate corresponding method code.

> and/or execution traces.

Wouldn't this be hard without a hook into object creation e.g. via some 
dependency injection mechanism?

> I prefer to use metaprogramming in ruby rather than UML to express high 
> level concepts in code,

+1 . Metaprogramming in ruby beats any UML diagramming because you are 
starting off with executable code, and can so easily craft a DSL suited to 
just your need (rather than have to work with the universal solution claimed 
by UML).