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Existing InstanceSpecification as value [message #1832219] Sat, 12 September 2020 14:18 Go to next message
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Hi all,

is there a way to assign an existing InstanceSpecification to a value of a Slot of an InstanceSpecification typed by a class?

I managed to assign a newly created InstanceSpecification, but not an already existing.

If I look for an existing InstanceSpecification none is displayed.

/Carsten
Re: Existing InstanceSpecification as value [message #1832222 is a reply to message #1832219] Sat, 12 September 2020 15:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi

Yes. You have to assign an InstanceValue that may reference your InstanceSpecification. Bloated and confusing isn't it?

Regards

Ed Willink
Re: Existing InstanceSpecification as value [message #1832224 is a reply to message #1832222] Sat, 12 September 2020 15:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi

Well perhaps not really confusing once you realize that UML is an assembler language for which IDEs provide very little high level abstraction.

For relationships IDEs generally aggregate the creation of an Association and two Properties which is helpful, but you still have to tunnel down and configure them individually. Other concepts are much more naked.

If you are mad enough to use the UML Expression classes it's hard work.

If you use OCL, you get a high level abstraction so that you do not see that

a + b

is actually at least:

createOperationCallExp("+", createVariableExp("a"), createVariableExp("b"))

This hides the VariableExp in just the same way that you would like to have known nothing about the InstanceValue that converts an InstanceSpecification to a ValueSpecification. Yes, two different semantics for the "Specification" suffix.

Regards

Ed Willink
Re: Existing InstanceSpecification as value [message #1832259 is a reply to message #1832222] Mon, 14 September 2020 08:34 Go to previous message
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Hi Ed,
indeed, I simply forgot the InstanceValue element in between.
Many thanks,
Carsten
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