Editing Round-trip engineering (section)

== Controversies ==

=== Code generation controversy ===
[[Automatic programming|Code generation]] (forward-engineering) from models means that the user abstractly models solutions, which are connoted by some model data, and then an automated tool derives from the models parts or all of the [[source code]] for the software system. In some tools, the user can provide a skeleton of the program source code, in the form of a source code [[Template (programming)|template]] where predefined tokens are then replaced with program source code parts during the code generation process.

[[UML]] (if used for MDA) diagrams specification was criticized for lack the detail which is needed to contain the same information as is covered with the program source. Some developers even claim that "the Code ''is'' the design".<ref>http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/reeves_design_main.html by Jack W. Reeves</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reeves |first=Jack W. |date=1992 |title=What is software engineering |url=http://www.bleading-edge.com/Publications/C++Journal/Cpjour2.htm |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=www.bleading-edge.com |publisher=C++ Journal}}</ref>