Chapter 8 Working with Object-Oriented Models

Importing a Rational Rose Model into an OOM

You can import Rational Rose (.MDL) models created with version 98, 2000, and 2002 into an OOM.

A Rose model can support one or several languages whereas a PowerDesigner OOM can only have a single object language. When you import a multi-language Rose model into an OOM, the OOM will have only one of the object languages of the Rose model.

The following table shows how Rose languages are converted to PowerDesigner languages:

Rose Language	PowerDesigner Language
CORBA	IDL-CORBA
Java	Java
C++	C++
VC++	C++
XML-DTD	XML-DTD
Visual Basic	Visual Basic 6
Analysis, Oracle 8, Ada, COM, Web Modeler, and all other languages	Analysis

To import a Rose model into an OOM:

Select File→Import→Rational Rose File, and browse to the directory that contains the Rose file.

Select Rational Rose Model (*.MDL) file from the Files of Type list, and then select the file to import.

Click Open.

The import process begins, and the default diagram of the model opens in the canvas.