Modeling
A true model-driven environment model is a central part of an ECO application. The developer alters the model and the changes are applied automatically to the underlying implementation. This allows developers to concentrate on the problem domain model instead of drowning in the implementation specifics. In particular there is no need to take care of database design which makes ECO applications more object-oriented and less database-oriented. Model construction in ECO is done in visual UML editor. The corresponding code is generated on the fly in either C# or Delphi.NET languages.
There are two model types supported by ECO: class diagrams and state diagrams. Class diagrams are used to define static description of a system. On the other hand, state diagrams describe possible states of an object and transitions between them. Thus state diagrams describe behavioral aspects of a system.
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