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User-defined reusable type of properties and enumerations in "library" models [message #1281771] Tue, 01 April 2014 10:27 Go to next message
Fabian G. is currently offline Fabian G.Friend
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Hi,

I'm wondering if it is possible to define reusable types of properties that could be "instantiated" into model elements. A concrete example, in a first model, I would define a property type with something like:

declare property(Speed,integer)

and use it another model with
use property(Speed,120)

So, I would have some kind of dynamic binding from the type of the property as defined in a "declare" statement and its "usage" with the value specified in its instance.

For the definition rule, it's pretty simple, but I'm puzzled on how to define the other one; especially to avoid defining all values as strings.

A somewhat related question would be if there is a way to define enumerations in a similar way, with something like

type myenumeration values { value1, value2, value3 }

and also being able to instantiate it the same way as I did upper for simple types.

Any help, hint or pointers would be much appreciated.
Cheers,

Fabian
Re: User-defined reusable type of properties and enumerations in "library" models [message #1281779 is a reply to message #1281771] Tue, 01 April 2014 10:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Christian Dietrich is currently offline Christian DietrichFriend
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HI,

what about defining expressions for the values.
and having a stringliteral, intliteral, booleanliteral etc
+ a type system/check for consitencies?


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Re: User-defined reusable type of properties and enumerations in "library" models [message #1281786 is a reply to message #1281779] Tue, 01 April 2014 10:55 Go to previous message
Fabian G. is currently offline Fabian G.Friend
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I effectively thought about it (had a look at Markus Voelter TS), but it now looks more clear as you tell me to do it like this.
Thanks Christian, as usual, you were as fast as accurate!
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