Artisan HOOD Bridge

What is HOOD?

HOOD is a methodology supported by only two toolsets. Both have their origins in the 1970’s and were introduced into projects during the 1980’s. The HOOD tools provide support for Ada Software development used primarily on military/aerospace projects by companies such as British Aerospace and the European Space Agency. During the last 10 years there has been a decline in the usage of HOOD with projects migrating to UML.

What is the Artisan HOOD Bridge?

The Artisan HOOD Bridge™ is a standalone utility that migrates HOOD design information into an Artisan Studio® UML models without loss of any design data or integrity. The Artisan HOOD Bridge analyzes the HOOD design and builds a readable, navigable intermediate view that can be checked before UML model generation. Once the HOOD design has been migrated, projects can then exploit the richness of the UML notation to further develop projects.

How it Works

Mappings have been defined between the elements of a HOOD design and the Artisan Studio Model in terms of a profile and browser structure, for example the HOOD hierarchy is represented in the browser, classes are created for each HOOD Object, composite Ada types are modeled as classes, HOOD relationships are modeled using stereotypes associations and HOOD Diagrams are drawn as a class diagram. The Artisan HOOD Bridge parses the HOOD design and builds a readable, navigable view of the HOOD design, allowing engineers to review the analysis before generation. UML artifacts are then produced for each of the HOOD design elements, based on the mapping rules. As elements are created, automatic checking ensures the integrity and consistency of the original HOOD design. Any errors are communicated to the engineer via the screen and a comprehensive log file.

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