Reverse Engineer a C# Solution.

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I know Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate has some abilities, and I would normally do this by instinct, but I am on a very tight schedule.

I would like some advice on how to go about reverse engineering a C# solution into dependency diagrams, sequence diagrams and class diagrams.

Posted 11-Jan-11 19:22pm

Brady Kelly

Updated 11-Jan-11 21:59pm

Dalek Dave

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This is very big task. Visual studio only helps with class diagrams, but they are not follow standard UML graphics and not exportable to any vector graphics standard. With v.2010 sequence diagrams are supported.

As I understand, these diagrams serve to help code navigation during development, but not to generate comprehensive documentation.

Posted 11-Jan-11 19:28pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 11-Jan-11 19:36pm

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Dalek Dave 12-Jan-11 4:00am

Good Answer, but if he needs to do it then...what else?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Jan-11 10:13am

Dalek, than we got another question.

Solution 3

In a way it sounds like you have the source available, and need something to help you visualize the structure. If that's right, you may find doxygen[^] quite valuable. Used with graphviz/[^] it may provide valuable insights.

It will generate diagrams visualizing interaction between classes.

Regards
Espen Harlinn

Posted 11-Jan-11 22:13pm

Espen Harlinn

Updated 11-Jan-11 22:15pm

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-11T19:34:00

Solution 2

Hi,

have a look at one of Sacha's great articles about a tool that might help you:
100% Reflective Class Diagram Creation Tool[^]

Posted 11-Jan-11 19:34pm

JF2015

Updated 11-Jan-11 21:46pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Jan-11 1:40am

Interesting reference, thank you (got my 5). I think I saw something else, but the usability was so poor, so I had to reject it even I needed such thing urgently. It would be interesting so see how Sacha's work looks like...

Dalek Dave 12-Jan-11 4:00am

Excellent Link.

Brady Kelly 12-Jan-11 7:24am

All respect to the man's excellent work, but it would be too cool if Sacha's tool could save as something like a Visio diagram.

Espen Harlinn 15-Jan-11 10:40am

5+ Good article, I've played around with it a bit :)