Delphi Programming Guide
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Part I - Foundations
  Chapter 1 – Delphi 7 and Its IDE
  Chapter 2 – The Delphi Programming Language
  Chapter 3 – The Run-Time Library
  Chapter 4 – Core Library classes
  Chapter 5 – Visual Controls
  Chapter 6 – Building the User Interface
  Chapter 7 – Working with Forms
Part II - Delphi Object-Oriented Architectures
  Chapter 8 – The Architecture of Delphi Applications
  Chapter 9 – Writing Delphi Components
  Chapter 10 – Libraries and Packages
  Chapter 11 – Modeling and OOP Programming (with ModelMaker)
  Chapter 12 – From COM to COM+
Part III - Delphi Database-Oriented Architectures
  Chapter 13 – Delphi's Database Architecture
  Chapter 14 – Client/Server with dbExpress
  Chapter 15 – Working with ADO
  Chapter 16 – Multitier DataSnap Applications
  Chapter 17 – Writing Database Components
  Chapter 18 – Reporting with Rave
Part IV - Delphi, the Internet, and a .NET Preview
  Chapter 19 – Internet Programming: Sockets and Indy
  Chapter 20 – Web Programming with WebBroker and WebSnap
  Chapter 21 – Web Programming with IntraWeb
  Chapter 22 – Using XML Technologies
  Chapter 23 – Web Services and SOAP
  Chapter 24 – The Microsoft .NET Architecture from the Delphi Perspective
  Chapter 25 – Delphi for .NET Preview: The Language and the RTL
       
  Appendix A – Extra Delphi Tools by the Author
  Appendix B – Extra Delphi Tools from Other Sources
  Appendix C – Free Companion Books on Delphi
       
  Index    
  List of Figures    
  List of tables    
  List of Listings    
  List of Sidebars  

 
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Understanding ModelMaker's Internal Model

Before proceeding with a discussion of ModelMaker's UML support and other features, it is vital that you understand conceptually how ModelMaker manages your code model. Unlike Delphi and other editors, ModelMaker does not continually parse a source code file to visually represent the contents. Consider Delphi: Any IDE convenience you use to alter your code will directly change the contents of the source code file (which you can then save in order to persist the changes). In contrast, ModelMaker maintains an internal model representing your classes, code, documentation, and so on, from which your source code files are generated. When you edit your model through the various editors in ModelMaker, the changes are applied to the internal model—not the external source code files; at least, not until you tell ModelMaker to regenerate the external files. Understanding this distinction should save you some frustration.

Another concept to understand is that ModelMaker is capable of representing a single internal code model with multiple views in its user interface. The model can be viewed and edited, for example, as a class hierarchy, or as a list of units with contained classes. Class members can be sorted, filtered, grouped, and edited in a variety of ways. Any number of views can be seen in the various plug-ins available for ModelMaker. But most important for this discussion, the UML diagram editor itself is another view into the model. When you visualize elements of the model (such as classes and units) in your diagrams, you are creating visual representations of the code model elements; if you delete a symbol from a diagram, you are not necessarily deleting the element from the model—you are simply removing the representation from your diagram.

One last consideration about diagramming in ModelMaker: Although ModelMaker offers several wizards and automation features in the area of visualization, the product will not read your code and magically produce attractive UML diagrams with no effort on your part. Upon importing your source code and adding your classes to diagrams, you will need to arrange the symbols in order to create usable UML diagrams.


 
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