Generation of Java Code from UML Sequence and Class Diagrams

Abstract

There are two approaches of object-oriented model based code generation, namely structural and behavioral. The structural approach generates code from static models, such as class diagrams. In contrast, the target code covering system behaviors could be generated by mapping from the behavior diagrams to object-oriented languages. This paper presents an approach to generating Java code from the UML class and sequence diagrams. XML metadata Interchange (XMI) is used as the intermediate model during the transformation process. Automated generation of object-oriented code from UML diagrams would result in cost reduction, increased efficiency, and accuracy of product.