Reverse Engineering Tool Based on Unified Mapping Method (RETUM): Class Diagram Visualizations

Rashmi Yadav^1*, Ravindra Patel², Abhay Kothari³

¹Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Acropolis Technical Campus, Indore, India.
²Department of Computer Application, RGTU, Bhopal, India.
³Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Acropolis Institute of Technology & Research, Indore, India.

DOI: 10.4236/jcc.2014.212005                

Abstract

In this research paper, we evaluate an assortment of tools and intend to investigate multifarious characteristic of Imagix-4D Reverse Engineering Tool and on the basis of investigation find out inadequacy of Imagix-4D Reverse Engineering Tool (illustrate only abstract Class Diagram, and it has no support to illustrate ER-Diagram and Sequence Diagram) and propose a Reverse Engineering Tool based on Unified Mapping Method (RETUM) for prominence of Class Diagram Visualizations which surmount the limitation (class diagram which is intricate in visualization) of Imagix-4D Reverse Engineering Tool.

Keywords

Reverse Engineering, Imagix-4D Reverse Engineering Tool, Class Diagram

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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