From: Gabriel Emerson <gemerson@...>
Date: 2002-09-03T07:21:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby jobs

Jim Freeze wrote:
> What UML tool did you use. Does it support round-trip engineering
> for ruby? If not, could it export the class defintions at least?
> 
> Jim
> 
Unfortunately, while the tool can generate classes for FoxPro and I think 
Visual Basic, it is incompatible with Ruby.  We just work from the 
diagrams.  I have long hoped to adapt the XML output of DIA for the 
purpose, but haven't made any progress toward that goal.  One of the 
sticking points right now is the bias between our RDBMS and business 
objects, which right now is handled by a somewhat unwieldy data access 
layer.  The UML couldn't generate the code for it even if it could generate 
the base classes, so it hasn't been much of an issue.