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checking one of the references can be created [message #1769945]

Sun, 06 August 2017 18:37

Banafsheh A

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Registered: July 2016

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Hi,

When I create an instance of "Families" metamodel, It is not possible to e.g., a Member be both (Family) mother and (Family) father or mother and daughter or etc. I want to know which property in its metamodel causes that?

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Re: checking one of the references can be created [message #1769957 is a reply to message #1769945]

Mon, 07 August 2017 05:55

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

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All the references of Family are containment references. Any instance can only be in at most one containment reference; adding an instance to a containment reference will remove it from any other containment reference where it's currently contained.

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Re: checking one of the references can be created [message #1769963 is a reply to message #1769957]

Mon, 07 August 2017 06:57

Ed Willink

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi

It is very unfortunate that the families and Families2Persons transformation have become standard intro examples.

The containment perverseness of the Families model is very confusing. (There is no actual specification, so it isn't actually a bug; just an offense against common sense.)

Regards

Ed Willink

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