asked on

How well do UML and the C language work together?

I'm aware that UML is language-agnostic, but since it was originally developed for OOP, I'm wondering how well it would describe a procedural language like C. I need to model legacy code, but if not UML, then what?

Thank you.

SOLUTION

Ravi Vaddadi

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

SOLUTION

marklorenz

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

SOLUTION

marklorenz

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

Darren

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

fuze44

ASKER

This effort is to diagram an existing system which is coded in plain C. The system is very large and complex, and it employs many complex mathematical algorithms. No one developer can understand it all, so we're wanting to make the parts and the whole more comprehensible to the team. Abstraction via diagrams would be very helpful.

Perhaps an OO paradigm applied to this procedural code would be helpful. Many of the developers here are actually engineers, so it might make concepts more tangible. Processes and data could be discussed as more distinct entities.

Thanks to everyone for your input and links. I will read those and follow up with any questions/comments that arise. I'll also be checking here for additional posts.