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About This Book
This book describes the PowerDesigner Object-Oriented Model environment.
It shows you how to do the following:
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Build an Object-Oriented Model (OOM)
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Use classes, packages, and other modeling objects
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Verify the model and import a Rose model
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Generate a Conceptual Data Model and a Physical Data Model from the
OOM
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Reverse engineer Java files
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Generate Java source files
Anyone who will be designing or building an OOM with PowerDesigner
Object-Oriented Model will find this book useful. It requires an
understanding of object modeling, as well as familiarity with UML theory.
Some experience with database structure and terminology, is helpful but not
required.
This book focuses on the design and construction of an object-oriented
model. General information about the PowerDesigner modeling environment,
for example using many of the graphic tools, interface features, merging
models, and using the Browser, can be found in the PowerDesigner General
Features Guide.
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