Generating UML from C++ code? [closed]

Question

Is there a tool that can parse C++ files within a project and generate UML from it?

Answer 1

Here are a few options:

Step-by-Step Guide to Reverse Engineering Code into UML Diagrams with Microsoft Visio 2000 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140255(office.10).aspx

BoUML - http://bouml.fr/features.html

StarUML - http://staruml.sourceforge.net/en/

Reverse engineering of the UML class diagram from C++ code in presence of weakly typed containers (2001) - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.27.9064

Umbrello UML Modeller - http://uml.sourceforge.net/

A list of other tools to look at - http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~migod/uml.html

Answer 2

If its just diagrams that you want, doxygen does a pretty good job.

Answer 3

I believe Enterprise Architect can do that.

Answer 4

I've developed a tool called Doxygraph which can parse the XML generated by Doxygen and turn it into an interactive UML class diagram which you can view in a web browser or import into any software that can read Graphviz "dot" files.

Answer 5

I find that Wikipedia can be a great source of information about such tools, especially for comparison tables. There's a page on UML tools. See in particular the reverse engineered languages column.

Answer 6

UML Studio does this quite well in my experience, and will run in "freeware mode" for small projects.

Answer 7

Whoever wants UML deserves Rational Rose :)

Answer 8

I have used Rational Rose and Rational Rhapsody for reverse engineering large projects. I would prefer Rational Rhapsody for getting the UML class files for C++ !

Answer 9

Seems Umbrello produces best UML from C++ code (suggest to use latest version >= 2.22) comparing to command-line autodia for Dia and other tools.

StarUML have not produced good diagrams for me: strange import, not usable, does not work for many people: https://github.com/staruml/Cpp/issues

Answer 10

StarUML does just that and it is free. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated for a while. There were a couple of offshoot projects (as the project admins wouldn't allow it to be taken over) but they too have died a death.