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Exporting XMI from Visual Paradigm

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Interoperability is the ability to exchange information between two systems and to use the information that has been exchanged. Visual Paradigmsupports interoperability with XMI file, a standard made for data exchange. You can export project data to an XMI, edit it externally with other softwares that accepts XMI. In this chapter, you will see how to export XMI file.

Exporting project to XMI

  1. Select Project > Export > XMI… from the toolbar. This displays the Export to XMI window.
  2. Specify the file path of the XMI file.
  3. Configure the necessary export options and then click OK button to start exporting. When finished, you can visit the output destination specified to obtain the XMI.
    Review exported XMI

An overview of Export XMI window

An overview of the Export to XMI window

No. Name Description
 1 File path The file path for the XMI file to export.
 2 Advanced
  • Export for UML 2 – UML2 is an EMF-based implementation of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.x OMG metamodel for the Eclipse platform. If you want to export an XMI that can be accepted by UML2 in Eclipse, check this option.  By checking this option, the following options will appear in further.
    • Export Data Type to – Determine whether to export data type to UML or Ecore primitive type
    • Export Java Annotation to EAnnotation – Determine whether to export Java annotation to EAnnotation
  • Export <<Interface>> to Interface – Determine whether to export stereotype “interface” as  stereotype or a segment of interface element.
  • Export Interface Realization – Determine whether to keep exporting realization between interface and concrete class as realization or export it as interface realization.
 3 Encoding Select the encoding of XMI file.

Exporting diagrams to XMI with command line interface

To export XMI from a project through command line:

  1. Browse the scripts folder under the Visual Paradigm installation directory. For Mac users, you can find the scripts folder in the Visual Paradigm package by right clicking on it and then selecting Show Package Contents. Then look in Contents\Resources\app\scripts for the scripts folder.
  2. Copy the script file ExportXMI and paste to the bin folder of Visual Paradigm installation directory.
  3. Start the command prompt.
  4. Navigate to the bin folder of Visual Paradigm installation directory.
  5. Execute the script by supplying the required parameters. For example:
    ExportXMI -project C:\Demo\Demo.vpp -out C:\Demo\Output\Sample.xmi -type 2.1Below is a description of parameters:

    Parameter Description Example
    -project Project path C:\Demo\Demo.vpp
    -out The filepath of XMI file C:\Demo\Output\sample.xmi
    -type [optional] Version of XMI. Unless specified, the lastly generated version will be selected. Here are the possible options:

    • 2.1
    • 2.1UML2
    		 2.1
    -encoding [optional] Encoding of XMI file