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Profile defined classes [message #1834722]

Mon, 16 November 2020 20:25

Philipp Gia

Messages: 5
Registered: September 2020

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Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask if I am able to create profile defined classes in Papyrus. I was not able to find something in the documentation. In the image we can a see a profile defined class, would I be able to create something like that?

Furthermore, in case i can create profile defined classes, am I able to to have changeable icons based on what attribute the user adds?

Kind Regards,
Philipp

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Re: Profile defined classes [message #1834801 is a reply to message #1834722]

Wed, 18 November 2020 09:01

Ed Willink

Messages: 7655
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi

Since no one else is answering....

I'm not sure what you mean by profile defined class, but Papyrus certainly supports Profiles that contain Stereotypes that are a specialized form of Class. I'm not aware of a Profile contains ordinary Class use case.

I've never used the icon customization of Stereotypes but since it is one of the goals of the Profile/Stereotype design, I would be surprised if it is not supported.

Regards

Ed Willink

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Re: Profile defined classes [message #1834869 is a reply to message #1834801]

Thu, 19 November 2020 12:49

Patrick Tessier

Messages: 341
Registered: July 2009
Location: Paris Saclay, France

Senior Member

Hi,
when you want to type a property by a class, normally you have to create an instance of this class. But It is not possible in UML, there is no instances only instancespecification. In our profile, you must type your property by an instanceSpecification.

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Re: Profile defined classes [message #1834879 is a reply to message #1834869]

Thu, 19 November 2020 15:23

Christian Damus

Messages: 1270
Registered: July 2009
Location: Canada

Senior Member

Hi, Philipp,

Yes, this almost works in Papyrus. The Class in your profile needs to be created somewhere, though, and that is in a stereotype. So you must create a composite association between some stereotype and your class. When you do that, then in the "Profile" tab in the properties, your applied stereotype expands to show the property of your class type and you can use the green "+" button on the right-hand side to create instances of the class in the stereotype application.

However, there does not appear to be a way to edit the properties of the class. This appears to be an oversight in the properties editing support for applied stereotypes. You can use the UML Editor to edit the class's properties.

I attach a screenshot showing how I create and edit instances of a "Bar" class composed in the "Foo" stereotype applied to an element in a UML model.

HTH,
Christian

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