Getting an overview of a Java program

Hey guys,

I'm a relatively inexperienced programmer. I have a project that involves working on a pretty complicated (IE many classes) Java application. I understand the language and most of its libraries, but my problem is with finding a quick way to get an overview of the program, its classes, inheritance and what they do. So far I've used Javadoc but I'm having trouble keeping track of what fields and methods have been inherited by child classes. Is there something out there like a UML diagram generator or anything that I can use to make understanding the program easier?

Thank you for your help.

Shitstorm engage!

Find and read the architecture design document. If there is none, find the person (or one of the people) who came up with the architecture and have them explain it to you.

Failing that, the project is pretty much fucked, but you can try your way. Just google java reverse egineering or something.

Load up the program in a dynamic java class browser (the kind that use reflection etc), to get a good view of it from the inside.

Take a crap and before you flush, look in the toilet. That will give you a good overview of Java.

>>5
Oh, you!

>>5
Lol, so true.

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>>1

to make your understanding easier
1:DONT USE JAVA
2:DONT USE JAVA
3:DONT USE JAVA
4:DONT USE JAVA
5:DONT USE JAVA
6:DONT USE JAVA
7:DONT USE JAVA
8:GOTO 1

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