What is reverse engineering?
What is reverse engineering?
Reverse engineering is the process of examining and recovering data or source code from a file that is then used to build or update an OOM. You reverse engineer objects to an OOM via a diagram. You can reverse engineer objects to a new model, or to an existing model. When you reverse engineer an object that already exists in a model, you can choose in an object comparison box either to replace the existing object, or to keep the existing object in the model.
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| PowerDesigner uses parser software for reverse engineering XML, that |
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| was developed by the Apache Software Foundation |
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| (http://www.apache.org/). |
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| You can reverse the following type of files into an OOM: | |
| ♦ | Java |
| ♦ | PowerBuilder |
| ♦ | XML |
Reverse | You can reverse engineer an existing database into a new OOM. The data | |
engineering into a | source can be either from a script file or an ODBC data source. | |
new OOM | This functionality is accessible from the File➤ Reverse Engineering menu. | |
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