Tool Mentor: Identifying
Design Mechanisms Using Rational XDE Developer - Java Platform Edition
Purpose
This section provides links to additional information related to this tool mentor.
The steps in this tool mentor match those in the activity. Links to topics
in the Rational XDE™ online Help are marked with 
.
Overview
The following steps are performed in this tool mentor:
- Categorize Clients of Analysis Mechanisms
- Identify Design Mechanisms for the User-Experience Mechanisms
- Inventory the Implementation Mechanisms
- Map Design Mechanisms to Implementation Mechanisms
- Document Architectural Mechanisms
Categorize Clients of Analysis Mechanisms
There is no Rational XDE specific guidance for this step.
Identify Design Mechanisms for the User-Experience Mechanisms
There is no Rational XDE specific guidance for this step.
Inventory the Implementation Mechanisms
There is no Rational XDE specific guidance for listing all the available implementation mechanisms. However, some of the J2EE implementation mechanisms are described in the following Rational XDE online Help topics:
Map Design Mechanisms
to Implementation Mechanisms
There is no Rational XDE specific guidance for this step.
Document Architectural Mechanisms
Mechanisms themselves are Design Model elements (such as Design Package, Design Class, and Design Subsystem) that can be represented in Artifact: Design Model as part of their respective design activities. See Tool Mentor: Identify Design Elements for guidelines on creating Design Model elements. Note that a Rational XDE pattern is particularly well suited to documenting a design and implementation mechanism, because it allows clients of the mechanism to expand the pattern and to generate much of the required design and code.
