Activity Diagram As An Orientation Catalyst Within Source Code

There is a premise that the activity diagrams can communicate their knowledge to the source code. This article analyzes the opportunity of the activity diagrams to improve the comprehensibility, orientation, reading, and modularization of the source code. It proposes an Activity Diagram Driven Approach (ADDA) and verifies application suitability of the approach in comparison to Use Case and Package-based approach. It highlights the strengths and weaknesses of such behavior description and discusses the identified limits and benefits of the proposed approach. It proposes an extension of the source code modularization at metamodel level based on source code parts associated with certain elements of the activity diagram. The proposed solution is evaluated over several test cases from different aspects using implemented plug-in and the results show appropriate use of the proposed approach.