This project contains a Visual Paradigm plugin that enables the development of OntoUML models.

This project is defined under the umbrella of the OntoUML Server project and is currently a proof of concept.

If you are interested to know more, feel free to open an issue to provide feedback on the project or reach our team members for more specific cases:

• Claudenir M. Fonseca
• Tiago Prince Sales
• Lucas Bassetti
• Victor Viola

To install the OntoUML Plugin for Visual Paradigm, please go to our releases page.

• Visual Paradigm
• Java 8 or later
• Maven (optional, a Maven Wrapper is embedded in the project)

1. Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/OntoUML/ontouml-vp-plugin.git

2. Open pom.xml and set the value of the variables listed below:

   2.1. Set the path to the folder in which the Visual Paradigm application is located:

   <visualparadigm.app.dir>
      /Applications/Visual Paradigm.app/Contents/Resources/app
   </visualparadigm.app.dir>

   This path is typically:

   • On Windows: C:\Program Files\Visual Paradigm CE 16.1
   • On macOS: /Applications/Visual Paradigm.app/Contents/Resources/app/

   2.2. Set the path to Visual Paradigm's plugin folder

    <visualparadigm.plugin.dir>
        /Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/VisualParadigm/plugins
    </visualparadigm.plugin.dir>

   This path is typically:

   • On Linux: ~/.config/VisualParadigm/plugins/
   • On Windows: C:\Users\<YOUR_USER_NAME>\AppData\Roaming\VisualParadigm\plugins\
   • On macOS: /Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/VisualParadigm/plugins/

The commands listed below invoke Maven through the Maven Wrapper. On Windows, replace ./mvnw for ./mvnw.cmd

In any OS, to invoke your local Maven installation instead of the wrapper, replace ./mvnw with mvn.

• To compile the plugin, run:

  $ ./mvnw compile

  The compiled files will be created in the target folder.

• To compile and package the plugin, run

  $ ./mvnw package

  This command will create, within the target folder, a *.zip file that can be distributed to the end users of the plugin.

• To compile, package, and install the plugin, run

  $ ./mvnw install

  In addition to the previous results, this command will copy the compiled files to Visual Paradigm's plugins folder.

• To run Visual Paradigm while being able to see the output in the command line, run:

  $ ./mvnw exec:exec

  Note that before running this command, you should install the plugin. That can be achieved by running:

  $ ./mvnw install exec:exec

• To clean the built files, run:

  $ ./mvnw clean

  This does not remove the installed files, just the target folder and its contents.