Patent ID: 6804686
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a development system, a method for generating a Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagram of a program for display in a graphical user interface of the system, said program containing a plurality of files, the method comprising:determining relationships between files of said program; upon receiving a request for display of a Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagram from a user, determining a file of said program currently displayed in the graphical user interface; generating a UML diagram of the currently displayed file based upon said relationships between files, the UML diagram comprising a hierarchical view of relationships between the current file and other files of said program having a plurality of nodes; and displaying the UML diagram in the graphical user interface, the UML diagram enabling a user to navigate to a particular file of the program by selecting one of the nodes.