Code understanding, reverse engineering, best concepts and tools. Java

Question

One of most demanding tasks for any programmer, architect is understanding other\'s code.

For example, I am contractor, hired to rescue some project very quickly. F

Answer 1

EclipseUML Omondo is the best Java reverse engineering tool. It reverse all the java code, all packages and even class interaction with interface if not in the same package. Just amazing. You can also reverse: - .class - hibernate annotations - JPA annotations

What I like with this tool is that my code is clean because all the model information is saved into an xmi format and not as tag in my code. You can also create small documentation inside each existing package using diagrams as a view of the model. Just marvelous and respecting the official uml 2.2 specification. The only problem is that it is really too expensive so the price is a stop for me !!