Saarbrücken and Hamburg Enterprise applications, those that execute core business processes and span across multiple internal applications, must be more than just a bunch of code modules. They must be well-designed in a way that guarantees proper business functionality, reusable code, and reduced coding time.

Modeling, the designing of software applications prior to coding, is an essential part of large software projects. It helps software developers ensure that the functionality is complete and correct while end-user needs and requirements for scalability, robustness, and extendibility are met. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) helps to specify, visualize, and document models of software applications. By utilizing UML, you can reduce the complexity of software system design, increase productivity, decrease maintenance efforts, and reduce costs.

Documentation is a vital part of the UML modeling process. In order to allow software designers to easily create such documentation in a WYSIWYG view, Gentleware AG integrated the RealObjects edit-on® JavaBean Rich Text control into its market leading modeling tool Poseidon for UML. The user-friendly word processor-like control adds comprehensive WYSIWYG XHTML editing functionality to Gentleware's flagship product line.

RealObjects' edit-on® JavaBean Rich Text Client added comprehensive WYSIWYG editing functionality to Gentleware's Poseidon for UML product line. The user-friendliness has been increased and the overall creation of XHTML documentation within Poseidon has been streamlined. The editor's configurability and extensibility also offers the flexibility to include further editing features in the future.

"RealObjects edit-on JavaBean SDK has allowed us to integrate comprehensive WYSIWYG editing functionality into the Poseidon for UML product line. Similar to a word processor, Poseidon users can easily create XHTML documentation as the editor provides most common editing and formatting features. From a technical point of view, we chose the RealObjects editor because it is more robust than Sun's Swing JEditorPane text component or other editor solutions with this basis. The edito's configurability and extensibility guarantees quick and seamless integration into our software products." Says Matthias Köster, Chief Technology Officer, Gentleware AG, Hamburg.

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About Gentleware AG
Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Gentleware AG develops and distributes UML modeling tools and related products. In addition to the product line Poseidon for UML, the firm also offers training and consulting as well as tool customization for high productivity software engineering. Poseidon for UML is the world's most downloaded commercial UML tool, with over 1,200,000 copies distributed to over 100 countries.

About RealObjects
Founded in May 2000, RealObjects is a pioneering developer of easy-to-use, affordable and quick-to-deploy cross-platform WYSIWYG HTML/XHTML/XML editor solutions, which enable content authoring in Web- and Java-based applications. Its market leading editor applet edit-on Pro perfectly complements web based Content Management, Knowledge Management or e-Learning systems, and streamlines the process of in-browser Web authoring - across platforms, without installation of client-side software.

Headquartered in Saarbrücken, Germany, RealObjects is a privately held software manufacturer with more than 1500 corporate customers in over thirty countries, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, educational institutions as well as government and non-profit organizations. A strong network of key business alliances, value added resellers and OEM partners has already been established.