txtUML

The name txtUML stands for textual, executable, translatable UML. It is an Eclipse-based tool built on top of JDT, Xtext/Xbase and Papyrus UML. The tool is designed for textual model editing. This makes storage, version control, compare and merge processes, editing and searching easier and more efficient. The tool supports two textual syntaxes for modeling: the standalone syntax, which is designed to be clean and short, and alternatively, the txtUML Java API, which can be used to define models as standard Java programs. The tool supports the generation of graphical UML diagrams from the textual descriptions: class and state machine diagrams. The layout of the diagrams can be controlled by a simple textual diagram layout language. Models can be seamlessly integrated into Java programs: they can be executed and debugged. Generated state machine diagrams can be animated during model execution to further enhance comprehension of model dynamics. Compatibility with other tools is ensured by generating standard UML models in EMF-UML2 format. This representation is the input for our model compiler, which generates C++ code.