ArgoUML Quick Guide
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1. 1 Welcome to ArgoUML ArgoUML is a powerful yet easy to use interactive graphical software design environment that supports the design development and documentation of object oriented software applications If you are familiar with a family of software applications called Computer Aided Software Engineering CASE tools then you should find ArgoUML instantly familiar The users of ArgoUML are software designers amp architects software developers business analysts sys tems analysts and other professionals involved in the analysis design and development of software ap plications Main features e Open standards XMI SVG and PGML e 100 Platform independent thanks to the exclusive use of Java e Open Source which allows extending or customizeing e Cognitive features like reflection in action opportunistic design comprehension and problem solv ing 1 2 About this guide This guide the ArgoUML Quick Guide is provided to help you get up and running as quickly as pos sible with ArgoUML It provides step by step instructions for obtaining installing and starting ArgoUML performing common tasks and learn more about ArgoUML If you need further details please look in the User Manual http argouml tigris org documentation defaulthtml manual Chapter 2 Installing ArgoUML 2 1 System requirements Minimum system requirements Any Operating System that supports Java 10MB of free disk storage space on your2. model plus diagram information i e everything you can edit within the ArgoUML window The model may contain many objects ModelElements which form the complete UML description of the system you are describing All ModelElements might be present on a diagram but this is not re quired Hence the model that is stored in ArgoUML is independent of the contents of the diagrams This may be explained by the possibility to generate programming code from the model you do not need any diagrams for this A ArgoUML project also contains all diagram information i e the shapes presentation used to rep resent the various UML ModelElements their location color etc Some ModelElements appear on mul tiple diagrams some on one or none Hence saving and opening projects retains all this information There is a way to only save the model information though which is by the menu Tools gt Export as XMI This may be usefull e g when generating programming code with an external tool that understands XMI 3 2 Objects Select objects by left clicking on them The functionality of ArgoUML can be activated in the menu in toolbars or in pop up menus when right clicking above an object Many of these functions work on the selected objects All diagrams have toolbars at the top which are used to create objects on the diagram Most objects can be added to a diagram and removed from a diagram without deleting it from the mod e1 Select an objec
3. ArgoUML Quick Guide Get started with ArgoUML 0 22 Kunle Odutola Anthony Oguntimehin Linus Tolke Michiel van der Wulp ArgoUML Quick Guide Get started with ArgoUML 0 22 by Kunle Odutola Anthony Oguntimehin Linus Tolke and Michiel van der Wulp Copyright 2001 Kunle Odutola Copyright 2004 2005 Michiel van der Wulp This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License v1 0 or later the latest version is presently available at http www opencontent org openpub Table of Contents T IO OCHO rinitis 1 1 Welcome to ArgoUML isror sess reese ece sends shotsasssedenasss pad oa eae EITE R S SEEE 12 Aboutthis Pude Zeene a teens a chaos e aaa e A A AES 2 Installing ArgoUML 00 o E E E medal Rot E ea 2 1 System AA E EE EE AE NEEE EE ES EY 2 2 Installation Options sisenes ree EnEn E AE EE REEE EEE EEE ENEE EET ERE 2 3 Installing Auxiliary Modules sessin an ceca ceca eee E E a T 24 Command Line Options tas eee Ue Ae eed 2 5 Making zargo file clickable on Windows oooccoccccccnccnnccnnconocnnccnnccnnccnnccnnccnncos 3 ArgoUML Principles siessen sr ireto aires retener E EEEE EE EESE del 3 1 Project Model and Diagram missonsoscin espro roca gn noia ai E A oes 3 2 OBJECTS ia n e a talle sis eines 3 3 Overview ofthe WIDdOW lt ssooosoossonsionironcso sin soresessevsseseseectes Eos PERSEE SPEISEN S EEEO iv Chapter 1 Introduction Kunle Odutola 1
4. hard disk Mouse or other pointing device and a Keyboard Java 2 JRE or JDK version 1 4 or higher 2 2 Installation options Now that you have a computer that can install and run ArgoUML effectively you need to decide which of the installation options available is appropriate for you You can choose from the following options Java Web Start This alternative is good for occasional users and tests It is the easiest and quickest way to start using ArgoUML It requires connection to the ArgoUML homepage http www argouml org 1 2 Make sure you have Java Web Start http java sun com products javawebstart installed Follow the Launch ArgoUML link from the ArgoUML homepage http www argouml org ArgoUML will be downloaded cached locally and started On subsequent starts the ArgoUML is available also from the Java Web Start console even without being connected to the internet and if connected at each start the version is checked against that on the web server and updates are automatically downloaded Binary distribution This is good for regular users and guarantees that the version of ArgoUML cannot change during the course of your project 1 Ze Make sure that you have a Java 2 JRE installed Download the ArgoUML binary distribution from the ArgoUML homepage http www argouml org This could also include copying it to and from floppy disks or CD s in order to get it to the com puter if no netw
5. he file That s not what you want to do ultimately but it does get Win dows to accept the zargo extension as representing a valid file type Now open Windows Explorer and from the menu select View gt Options or on Windows XP Tools gt Folder Options You should get a two or more tabbed dialog Click the File Types dialog and then scroll through the list for the Description you gave in the example ArgoUML Model Click to select that file type and then click the Edit button Now click on the Open action and then the Edit button there You will then get a dialog that has a line for entering in the application action which will have a line for using Notepad to open the file Re place that line with C Program __ Files Java j2re1 4 0_01 bin javaw exe jar c ArgoUML argouml jar L Substitute your path to your javaw exe and argouml jar files if they are in a different location Click OK then click OK then click OK three buttons on three different levels of the dialog The L in the above commandline is needed instead of 1 because that is the way to support filename extensions of more than 3 characters Chapter 3 ArgoUML Principles When ArgoUML starts then it shows an empty class diagram on which you can add various objects ArgoUML works according the following principles 3 1 Project Model and Diagram The file operations save and open handle one project at a time One project corresponds to a
6. ork connection is available Create an ArgoUML installation directory Change the current directory to the ArgoUML installation directory and extract the ArgoUML files to the installation directory Start by running the argouml jar file either by simply double clicking on the file or by 2 Installing ArgoUML executing the following command java jar argouml jar at the command line or via a batch file 2 3 Installing Auxiliary Modules The standard installation of ArgoUML does not support C php and C code generation To make this possible you need to download the auxiliary modules from the download page at the ArgoUML website Unpack the downloaded file in the same directory as you unpacked ArgoUML itself The result should be that the directory that contains the argouml jar file now also contains a subdir ectory named ext which contains the jar files for the extra languages 2 4 Command Line Options When starting ArgoUML from a command line there are several extra possibilities Try typing java jar argouml jar help You will see the instructions Usage options project file Options include help display this information big use big fonts huge use huge fonts nosplash don t display logo at startup noedem don t report usage statistics nopreload don t preload common classes norecentfil don t reload last saved file command lt arg gt command to perform on startup batch don
7. t on a diagram and then the menu item Edit gt Remove from Diagram clears the object from the diagram but the object remains intact in the model which may be seen in the explorer i e the tree structure at the left hand side Once removed and item can be added back to the diagram or any other diagram for that matter by selecting it in the explorer and selecting the item Add to Dia gram in the right click pop up menu 3 3 Overview of the window The top of the window contains a menu bar with commands available In the File menu you can store the project or open another project instead The upper left part of the ArgoUML window shows a tree model of diagrams and objects This view can be adapted to your needs by filtering the objects that are shown and the structure in which they are shown The upper right part of ArgoUML shows the current diagram one at a time You can drag and drop the objects in the diagrams and you can use the quick links that appear when hovering over a selected ob ject to create new objects connected to the already present objects The lower right part contains various details of the currently selected object You select the object in one of the upper levels and choose what details you want to examine using the tabs ArgoUML Principles The lower left part contains a list of all ToDo items for this model
8. t start GUI locale lt arg gt set the locale e g en_GB You can also set java settings which influence the behaviour of ArgoUML Xms250M Xmx500M makes ArgoUML reserve more memory for large projects A common problem is that the User Interface is shown in the wrong language Below is an easy way to switch back to the English UI Please beware the language is in lowercase java jar argouml jar locale en ArgoUML may be run without UI in batch mode Currently the possibilities are very limited Below is an example everything on 1 line It reads a test zargo from my working directory gets the diagram named A and writes a PNG graphical file for this diagram Without the batch ArgoUML would start up the UI after executing the commands java jar argouml jar batch command org argouml uml ui ActionOpenProject c Documents and Settings Michiel My Documents test zargo command org argouml ui cmd ActionGotoDiagram A command org argouml uml ui ActionSaveGraphics c Documents and SettingsiMichieNMy Docu ments test PNG Installing ArgoUML 2 5 Making zargo file clickable on Windows Ewan R Grantham This works only if you have installed using the binary distribution First find a Zargo file and right click on it You should get the normal Windows menu including an Open or Open With option At this point give a description for the file like ArgoUML Model and tell Windows to use Notepad to open t
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