"Every attempt I've seen to use the code-generation capabilities of the modeling tools has been counterproductive." #readingToday

Nor is UML a very satisfying programming language. Every attempt I've seen to use the code-generation capabilities of the modeling tools has been counterproductive. If you are constrained by the capabilities of UML, you will often have to leave out the most crucial part of the model because it is some rule that doesn't fit into a box-and-line diagram. And, of course, a code generator cannot make use of those textual annotations. If you do use some technology that allows executable programs to be written in a UML-like diagramming language, then the UML diagram is reduced to merely another way to view the program itself, and the very meaning of "model" is lost. If you use UML as your implementation language, you will still need other means of communicating the uncluttered model.

Domain-Driven Design, Eric Evans