Hello.

As a background: 
I got in touch with JavaDoc, UML, graphviz (software for generating
graphs from textfiles), and I sometimes have to explain programmcode
to other people. So my question is...

I would like to know which software can do following:
read my java-, php- or c++ - code
parse it (identify functions, classes, files, packages, func-calls or
file-includings, extendings, implemenations)
generate an easy to understand output:
may be linked html-documents or
a picture with a graphical structure

Please give following information:
name
website
input-language
output (picture, html, other)

thanks in advance!

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Clarification of Question by appdev-ga on 14 Feb 2003 23:38 PST

this tool should not just create a documentation and explain the
structure of application (classes, functions), it should explain which
function of which class in which file (or package) calls which
functions in which classes (call-structure).

I think this problem can be solved by some reengineering-tools.

thx

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Clarification of Question by appdev-ga on 20 Feb 2003 07:02 PST

I found by myself a code-visualization-software called "reView".
Thanks to the "500 carefully screened Researchers".

Hello Appdev,

For code visualization, see:

Visual Flowcoder
http://www.logon-int.com/Product.asp?sClassId=DOCUMENT&sProdClassCode=FNX-P-01
"FlowLynx  Visual FlowCoder is a graphical tool that automatically
generates editable flowcharts from just about ANY source code. Visual
FlowCoder integrates with Microsoft’s Visual Studio as an add-in that
provides a visual representation of text code with a single mouse
click. It provides flowchart documentation for C++, Visual Basic,
FoxPro, Java and many other programming languages"

And:

aiCall for C - Software Visualization
http://www.absint.com/aicallc/


You already know about JavaDoc [1]. There are similar tools available
for PHP and C/C++:

---- For PHP:

PHPDoc
http://www.phpdoc.de/

---- For C/C++:

CDoc
http://www.swbs.com/


Also, many editors include syntax highlighting for a variety of
programming languages, such as Java, PHP, C/C++:

Google Directory - Computers > Software > Shareware > Windows >
Programming > Editors
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Shareware/Windows/Programming/Editors/

Google Directory - Computers > Software > Shareware > Windows > Text 
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Shareware/Windows/Text/

Like this one:

UltraEdit
http://www.ultraedit.com/


I hope it helps!


Footnotes:

[1] JavaDoc
http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/


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