ActionScript Class Mapper Continued…
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Well, in the course of time, I’ve found a round about way of UML Class Mapping of ActionScript 3.0 projects…
Here’s how it goes…
- Convert your AS3 files to Java (you can use the J2AS3 app that the guys over at PhysicsDev have made and provide for free I might add…give them a round of applause please
). - Get a copy of Visual Paradigms Smart Development Environment (plugin for Eclipse). The “Standard Version” is the lowest price version you can buy that has the [”Reverse engineer source code or executables to class diagrams using Instant Reverse feature”] feature and it costs $299 without any maintenance contract. NOTE: If you know of a free application that will do the same thing…please chime in! and save people $300.
- Open the folder you saved all the files in from step one and then click “Instant Reverse” from the “Modeling” drop down menu at the top menu bar. Then select Java as the language and your done.
Viola’… you now have a visual representation of your classes in any given project. It makes it much easier to see what you need to do when making decisions and for maintenance.
I must add that I don’t think it will be long before someone builds an app specifically for this purpose and if they add AS3 code generation, we’ll be REAL happy.
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