UML in JDeveloper

I have been using JDeveloper for only a couple of weeks, mainly for UML design, and my first impression is that this is not a very mature functionality in JDeveloper...
I have some questions I hope someone can help me with:
1. The navigation tree in Application Navigator does not reflect the physical location of the folders/uml files on the harddisk... This makes navigation very chaotic in large projects..
Is there a way to configure the Navigator to show the files this way:
|--Application sources
|''''|-----myDomain
|''''|''''''''''''''|----myUmlFile1
|''''|''''''''''''''|----mySubDomain
|''''|''''''''''''''|'''''' |---myUmlFile2
instead of:
|--Application sources
|'''''|-----myDomain
|'''''|'''''''''''''|----myUmlFile1
|'''''|----myDomain.mySubDomain
|'''''|'''''''''''''|----myUmlFile2
2. I haven't found a way to create a Use Case description report in JDeveloper (A document where you can insert text (preferrably divided into chapters) along with ANY kind of diagram and also the html part of the Use Cases...
We need a way to create such documents without having to use copy and paste, and I was hoping JDeveloper had a way of creating such a document... Has anyone found a good solution for this?
I was actually thinking of "integrating" OpenOffice Writer with JDeveloper, but since I also have used OpenOffice for only a couple of weeks, I have not yet learned all the tricks and features...
For example, I had problems inserting (linking) a JDeveloper Use Case file (.xhtml_usc) into a OpenOffice Writer section... I could only insert it as xml, not as html...
Hints would be very much appreciated...
Another challenge is of course the JDeveloper UML diagrams...
Is there a way to configure a diagram to automatically be published as a PNG file at a specified path every time you edit and save the diagram file? (then I could insert the PNG file as a link in OpenOffice, and be sure that OpenOffice always displays the latest version of the PNG file...)
3. Refactoring UML files.... I surely hope that moving UML files is on the roadmap for JDeveloper? It is crucial that we are able to move a file from one domain to another...
4. Why can't I add a component from another project to a diagram, when they belong to the same application?? I would like to divide my application into multiple projects representing the different domains of the application... And of course, add components from different projects to the same diagram to describe their relationships....
thanks in advance for any help
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Hi,
Answer 1:
To get the Navigator to look like this you need to alter the 'Flat Level' to 1 by decreasing the 'Spinner Box' on the Application Navigator Toolbar.
Answer 2:
If you select the Project node and then select 'Run | JavaDoc <ProjectName>' this will generate a JavaDoc style HTML report with links on the diagram image which will take you throught to the create Use Case and Actor etc. It is probably not quite what you want but is at least in HTML to allow you to do what you want.
No you can't configure JDev to publish the diagram everytime the diagram is saved.
Answer 3:
What issues are you having refactoring UML elements. You should be able to refactor all elements apart from the diagrams and packages.
Answer 4:
You can share models between different Projects but you need to go into the Project Properties and then select 'Project Content | Modelers' and then 'Add' the second Project's Model Path to this Project.
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Lisa
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