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In this paper we present a graph drawing framework that can be used to automatically draw UML class diagrams and a compiler that extracts the needed information from Java source code. Both components can be combined to a visualization tool for Java programs.
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Eichelberger, H., von Gudenberg, J.W. (2002). On the Visualization of Java Programs. In: Diehl, S. (eds) Software Visualization. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2269. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45875-1_23
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