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How to convert a XSD schema file into UML class model? [message #628161]

Thu, 07 January 2010 15:42

Ben Stover

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Registered: January 2010

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Assume I have an external XSD schema file
(or many XSD schema files which import each other).

How can I convert them to an UML class diagram in Eclipse?

Is there somewhere a quick tutorial for this?

Ben

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Re: How to convert a XSD schema file into UML class model? [message #628162 is a reply to message #628161]

Thu, 07 January 2010 16:35

Carsten Reckord

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi Ben,

I don't think there is a direct way to do this. However, you can easily create an EMF model for the XSD and export that to UML. To do that:

- Open the New EMF Generator model wizard (File->New->Other...->EMF Generator Model)
- Choose a location and name for the GenModel (usually the place where you want your UML model to end up)
- On the next page choose "XML Schema" as import source
- Choose the Schema(s) to import on the next page
- The final page of the wizard shows you the EMF models that will be created and lets you edit their file names (they will be co-located
with teh Genmodel)
- finish the wizard
- you should end up with one or more *.ecore files for your schemas and an open editor showing your newly created Genmodel.
- From the editor's context menu choose "Export model...", "UML Model", a target directory and all models to convert (usually all would be a
good choice) and finish.

You should end up with UML models for your schemas and probably an ecore.uml with some Ecore infrastructure classes.

Hope that hepls,
Carsten

On 07.01.2010 16:42, Ben wrote:
> Assume I have an external XSD schema file
> (or many XSD schema files which import each other).
>
> How can I convert them to an UML class diagram in Eclipse?
>
> Is there somewhere a quick tutorial for this?
>
> Ben

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