Creating MDSD artifacts
Creating artifacts to capture the essence of the MDSD process involves a small number of diagrams. We include here instructions on how to draw them using IBM Rational Systems Developer.2
UML diagrams for systems modeling
There are only a few diagrams needed in UML to capture the essence of the MDSD process. The following sections assume that you have a Rational modeling tool and the MDSD profile. We guide you through the following tasks:
Load the MDSD profile.
Draw a context diagram.
Draw two sequence diagrams for flowdown.
Draw a Locality diagram.
Preparing the environment
IBM Rational Systems Developer is an
Rational Systems Developer is based on the Eclipse Workbench. If you are not already familiar with the Eclipse Workbench environment, take some time during this section to explore the environment.
You will configure the environment in preparation for this section. You will customize the way that UML connectors are displayed on diagrams to make the diagrams more readable. We do not have to see the multiplicity and roles information for this purpose, so we configure the environment so that they are not shown in the diagrams.
Because Rational Systems Developer is based on Eclipse, we have the ability to create and use
2They can also be created using Rational Software Architect or Rational Software Modeler.
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