Constantin Szallies - Magic Draw Plugin for Ocotopus/OCL

Magic Draw Plugin for Ocotopus/OCL

This plugin enables you to do the following

Create a UML2 class diagram with Magic Draw UML.
Export this UML2 model to .uml files for Octopus/OCL (by using the provided plugin).
Refresh your Octopus Eclipse project to import your model.
Use the Octopus OCL editor to edit OCL2 constraints for your model UML2. The editor will not only do a syntax check but also a check if the constrained elements exist in the model.

Why not use the build-in Magic Draw OCL Editor?

Currently the Magic Draw OCL editor does not support OCL 2.0 (Version 11). The next mayor version of Magic Draw will greatly improve OCL support.

I will prefer to use this plugin even in the future for the following reason: Using OCL2 in a real world project results in a large amount of constraints. Editing, organising and refactoring all these constrains in a text editor is much easier than doing this directly in the UML model. Displaying OCL constraints in the class diagram just makes sense for PowerPoint™ software architects.

Why not use the Octopus XMI Reader to import the model?

Octopus/OCL does not support the XMI version 2.1 as generated by MagicDraw.

Required software

Magic Draw UML 10 or better (a free community edition is available from the No Magic website ).
Java Virtual Machine with support for Java 1.5 or better.
Eclipse 3.1 or better running with the above Java VM.
The Octopus/OCL plugin for Eclipse version 2.2.0 or better.
The Octopus/OCL plugin for Magic Draw UML ( download source and binaries here ). Here's a short user manual.

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