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title: "16-reverse engineering"
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# Java -> UML reverse engineering
reverse of foward engineering

- parse java doe and egenerate corresponding uml diagrams
- useful to generate models of existing systems
- code usually has more detail than can be represented in diagrams
- automated diagram layout likely to be ugly ⇒ manual clean up
- some language specific features may not translate