Structure101 Studio for Java is the tool you need to organize the thousands of source files in your codebase into a visual and enforceable modular hierarchy, and keep it that way. Use Structure101 to ensure that your developers have the power of modularity to help them work effectively.

With Studio, you can do these kinds of tasks:

• Organize your classes into a measurably well-structured containment hierarchy, starting with the existing physical structure (module/project/JARs, packages).
• Define architectural "overlays" that establish layering, dependency, and visibility rules between structural elements. These Specs can be validated with each code change.
• Simulate refactorings ("action lists") to repair architecture violations, cyclic dependencies, or undesired coupling.
• Use companion products to share overlays and action lists with the team so that they understand the architecture and receive edit- and build-time warnings when code changes are not compliant.
• Review and evolve the model and architecture iteratively with ongoing development.

A code-base that is well-structured will have lower overall coupling and will be much easier to understand and change. The addition of a defined, checked visual architecture makes development more productive, adding huge value to a code-base. Studies show that increments to well-structured software can be delivered in as little as half the time, half the cost and with 8x less bugs.

You can gain the maximum benefit from the work you perform in Structure101 Studio by using the various companion products:

• Structure101 Workspace lets developers browse a visual Structure Map of the code, in the context of architectural overlays and action lists that are defined in Structure101 Studio. They can jump into the Map directly from lists of problems, and to navigate easily between the model and the source code.
• Structure101 Build lets you check for Spec violations and over-complexity - automatically at build-time - to guarantee that unwanted deviations do not get into your code-base unnoticed.
  
• The Dashboard is used to web-enable a Structure101 repository so that it can be opened remotely by Studio and Workspace users. It also provides information about measures and violations so that you can quickly review structural and architectural changes with each build, and trend them over time.