A tool for reverse engineer C++ code.

[Alchemist]

Hi friends,

I am not sure whether this topic is relevant in this list. If not
sorry for the SPAM .

I am new to this list. Currently I am studying C++ language and
Networking Protocols. In order to get a real feel of both I was going
through YATE(http://yate.null.ro/pmwiki/) code. But I could not find a
source browser like Vi+ctags+cscope for C in C++. Some where in
Internet people are saying we can use cscope for C++, same time people
are saying it is not complete.

After a long search I got eclipse CDT IDE, so I am using it in Debian
Linux. But it has no facility to reverse engineer C++ code (generating
class diagram). There are two tools which we can integrate with
eclipse CDT IDE, but both are commercial (I am not in a position to
buy these), IBM Rational Systems Developer(http://www.ibm.com/
developerworks/downloads/r/rsd/?S_TACT=105AGX15&S_CMP=DLMAIN) and
Visual Paradigm SDE for eclipse(http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/
sde/ec/).

What I need is generating class diagram from source code (reverse
engineer).
Is there any open source tools like this?
How difficult it is to create a open source tool like this?
( I know at my knowledge level it is not possible and I feel it
will be a large project by looking at the size of currently available
commercial tools like IBM (512MB) and Visual Paradigm (122MB)).

Thanks in advance,
Nobin Mathew.

 

[Erik Wikström]

Hi friends,

I am not sure whether this topic is relevant in this list. If not
sorry for the SPAM .

I am new to this list. Currently I am studying C++ language and
Networking Protocols. In order to get a real feel of both I was going
through YATE(http://yate.null.ro/pmwiki/) code. But I could not find a
source browser like Vi+ctags+cscope for C in C++. Some where in
Internet people are saying we can use cscope for C++, same time people
are saying it is not complete.

After a long search I got eclipse CDT IDE, so I am using it in Debian
Linux. But it has no facility to reverse engineer C++ code (generating
class diagram). There are two tools which we can integrate with
eclipse CDT IDE, but both are commercial (I am not in a position to
buy these), IBM Rational Systems Developer(http://www.ibm.com/
developerworks/downloads/r/rsd/?S_TACT=105AGX15&S_CMP=DLMAIN) and
Visual Paradigm SDE for eclipse(http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/
sde/ec/).

What I need is generating class diagram from source code (reverse
engineer).
Is there any open source tools like this?
How difficult it is to create a open source tool like this?
( I know at my knowledge level it is not possible and I feel it
will be a large project by looking at the size of currently available
commercial tools like IBM (512MB) and Visual Paradigm (122MB)).

Check out doxygen, it should be able to do most of what you want.

 

[Alchemist]

Check out doxygen, it should be able to do most of what you want.

Hi Erik,

Thanks for the help, doxygen is working perfectly.

Nobin.