Installing and using an MDA component
Packaging an MDA component
In order to be able to use the J MDA component you have just modeled in Objecteering UML Modeler, it must first be packaged.
To package a J MDA component, select
the “JavaGenerator” J MDA component in the explorer and click on the
icon located in the “MDA” tab of the “Auxiliary
window”.
The “MDA component packaging” window (Figure 29) appears. It is not necessary to change the information appearing in this window's entry fields. To package your J MDA component so that it can be used in Objecteering UML Modeler, simply confirm the packaging command by clicking on the “OK” button.

Figure 29. The window which appears after running the “Package” command
After confirmation of the information appearing in the above window, the command is run and a file corresponding to the J MDA component is generated. This file is named “JavaGenerator_V1.0.00.mdac” and is produced in the “C:\Program Files\Objecteering\mdastore” directory, as specified in the above window.
Installing and using an MDA component
Before using the newly packaged J MDA component, the following steps must be carried out:
· A new project must be created in Objecteering UML Modeler.
· Your newly developed J MDA component must be deployed in the project (for more information, please see “Working with MDACs”).
The features provided by the “JavaGenerator