Sequence Diagram Reverse Engineering

Question

I'm looking for a tool that will reverse engineer Java into a sequence diagram BUT also provides the ability to filter out calls to certain libraries.

For example, the Netbeans IDE does a fantastic job of this but it includes all calls to String or Integer which clutter up the diagram to the point it is unusable.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!!!!

Answer 1

I think jtracert is what you are looking for. It generates a sequence diagram from a running Java program. Also, because its output is a text description of the diagram (in the formats of several popular SD tools), you can use grep to filter for only the classes you are interested in.

Answer 2

I believe the perfect tool to solve your problem is Diver: Dynamic Interactive Views For Reverse Engineering. It provides both static and dynamic sequence diagrams and looks to solve all your requirements from your question.

It is a plugin for Eclipse and lets you:

• Easily trace your Java programs
• Visualize your program’s runtime functionality
• Filter your traces to make them more compact
• Filter your IDE based on what occurs at runtime
• See what code ran in your source code editors

It's on Github and there is also a project web site

Full Disclosure: I am the current project lead for Diver