Javadox2UmlDiagrams

J2U is a conversion tool. It converts javadoc-output, which has been created with the doclet javadox, to an uml-style-model-format. This model-format is the input for another conversion tool which creates a uml-style class-diagram, which can be viewed with an svg-viewer. The XML-parsing is done thru JAXP.

• Javadoc is a documentation-generation-system which is part of the Java-Development-Kit. It generates MIF or HTML.
• Javadox (link broken, see below) is an extension to javadox. It creates XML instead of HTML.
• UmlDiagrams is a XML data-definition to describe uml-classdiagrams (or so to say: models). It is part of the anuclad-Framework.
• SVG is a standard for vector-graphics, it is based on XML. Adobe has created a viewer for Mac OS and Windows-Systems. For more information look here.
• JAXP is the abbreviation for Java Api for Xml Parsing. It's a sax and dom-compliant parser which is also able to write correctly indented xml-files.

The sourcecode for J2U can be downloaded here. Be warned! The application is a quick hack and not very well documented.

To create the input you need Javadox, in order to get J2U working you need a java virtual-machine (1.2 or newer should do) and the java api for XML-parsing (see above for download). To use J2U simply start it with javadox2umldiagrams javadoc.xml . If you renamed the output of javadox simply use the other filename as parameter. You get a file named javadoc.xml.aud.

Javadox is not available anymore and does not work anymore with current JDK releases (changes in API for javadoc). You can download javadox here (if you think this breaks with any copyrights, let me know).

JAXP is now integrated in JDK 1.4.x but the class XmlDocument is now in the crimson subpackage (instead of sun).