[news.eclipse.modeling] Re: Should UML be used in an Agile Project ?

[Eike Stepper <stepper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Vlad,

The word Agile is just a buzz and your interpretation of it isjust your
interpretation. I think it's not adequate and your definition is more
appropriate for the word Round-Trip.

I further think that you continue to confuse EMf with Ecore. Ed's point
was: Since Ecore is only concerned with structural description (as
opposed to describing behaviour) EMF *is* able to derive a model from
annotated Java code. You can use this derived model to base your next
modeling iteration upon. Isn't this the definition of round-trip?

Cheers
/Eike

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Vlad Varnica schrieb:
> Ed,
>
> MDD doesn't implies agile while UML with Omondo is agile. Agile means
> multiple iterations from model to code and from code to model.
> Only an XMI/Ecore merge allows this iteration :
> http://www.forum-omondo.com/documentation_eclipseuml_2008/reverse/reverse/index.html#1.3_Merge_existing_model_with_modified
>
>
> EMF without EclipseUML is only a model to model iteration and code
> generation. It is impossible to reverse Java code into EMF and then
> have another iteration.
>
> I think that if Ecore and EMF want to be agile they will have to be
> associated with EclipseUML even if many would prefer only to use open
> source free tools.
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