Generate clear and concise
UML diagrams automatically

New Features in Version 3.1

• Added support for Java 8.

Please refer to the yWorks UML Doclet release notes to learn more about the feature enhancements of the latest version.

Outstanding Features

The list of yWorks UML Doclet's outstanding benefits includes:

• An XML-based mechanism to define new custom tags.
• The possibility of excluding specific classes, methods, or fields from the generated documentation. This is easily achieved by simply marking items with an exclusion tag. Additionally, an interface is provided to enable the use of powerful and sophisticated custom criteria.
• Automatic diagramming for documented types and packages.
  • The diagrams can be embedded in the generated HTML pages as SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), SWF, PNG, GIF, or JPG files.
  • All diagrams feature hyperlinks, which allow direct access to the documentation of the displayed packages, types, and type members.
  • All diagrams may be customized through the use of style files.

• StyleEd, an easy-to-use GUI-based style editor:

  

  

  

• Java 5.0 language enhancement support for UML diagrams:
  • Names of Parameterized Types include the complete generic declaration.
  • Typesafe Enumerations are represented as classes displaying an enum constraint.
  • Annotation Types are represented as interfaces displaying an annotation stereotype.
  • Variable arguments are recognized and displayed as "..." (ellipsis).

Examples

UML class diagrams generated by yWorks UML Doclet present generalization and realization relationships as well as associations and dependencies amongst classes and interfaces.
The presentation of diagram elements can be freely customized using predefined or user-defined styles.
A real-world example from the yFiles API documentation is this class diagram for one of the classes in the yFiles library.

original style

gradient style

dark-matter style

dotnet style

muted-colors style

yFiles style

The package diagrams generated by yWorks UML Doclet present a clear view on the class hierarchy within packages. Presentation of diagrams can be easily customized by means of the style definitions as well as the layout options; for example, different layout directions are supported.
A real-world example from the yFiles API documentation is this package diagram for one of the packages in the yFiles library.

layout orientation left-to-right

gradient style

dotnet style

layout orientation bottom-to-top

original style

theBlues style

Both dependencies amongst packages and cross-package inheritance structure of classes and interfaces can be clearly visualized with the overview diagrams generated by yWorks UML Doclet.
Real-world examples from the yFiles API documentation are the overview diagrams for the yFiles library's packages.

package dependencies

cross-package inheritance structure