The class and object diagrams are so detailed, describing elements such as interfaces and attributes, that translating UML notation into actual programming code is a virtual no-brainer.

First, UML 1.x interfaces only allow for specifying the offered side, and that notation is kept. UML 2.0 also enables you to (optionally) specify the required (client) side as well—shown as the ...

1 UML 2 is a widely accepted object-oriented analysis and design notation. UML includes the OCL 3 that is used ... in the Eiffel method as an essential element of the component interface, providing ...

So far the better one I have run into is VP-UML but that one is pretty horrible as far as speed of use and user interface. <BR><BR>So programmers, what is the best UML program you have used?

An extension to the UML design notation to better represent configuration patterns ... allowing the definition of new operations without changing the interface of the class on which they operate.