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Applying stereotype on another stereotype? [message #677601]

Wed, 08 June 2011 22:32

Mehrdad Saadatmand

Messages: 6
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Hi,
I wonder whether it is somehow possible to apply a stereotype on another stereotype and particularly its tagged values? I have a model in which some of the elements are stereotyped with using a profile. What I need now is actually to mark some of the properties of elements including tagged values of applied stereotypes to distinguish them from other values (non-marked) (during transformation). Therefore, I was thinking to for example, apply a stereotype on a tagged value of another stereotype on a model element to mark it.

Maybe there is another solution than using stereotypes to achieve the same goal? Any help and ideas on this are more than welcome.

Thanks,
Mehrdad

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Re: Applying stereotype on another stereotype? [message #677765 is a reply to message #677601]

Thu, 09 June 2011 10:41

Thomas Neustupny

Messages: 75
Registered: October 2009

Member

I think this is not possible. Tagged values are not properties of the element the stereotype is applied to, but they are values associated with the property of the stereotype. You cannot mark that property, because it's part of the (unmodifiable) profile.

Have a look in the XMI serialization of your model: the tagged value becomes an XML attribute of the stereotype application node.

I have no other idea/solution for your problem. Maybe you could follow a strict naming convention to distinguish which tagged value comes from which stereotype?

Finally, I think all tagged values must come from stereotype properties since UML 2.x (was different in UML 1.x).

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(no subject) [message #681715 is a reply to message #677601]

Thu, 09 June 2011 17:09

Kenn Hussey

Messages: 1620
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Stereotypes can only be applied to instances of types from the
referenced metamodel, which is currently only UML and would hence
exclude tagged values...

Kenn

On 11-06-08 6:32 PM, Mehrdad Saadatmand wrote:
> Hi,
> I wonder whether it is somehow possible to apply a stereotype on another
> stereotype and particularly its tagged values? I have a model in which
> some of the elements are stereotyped with using a profile. What I need
> now is actually to mark some of the properties of elements including
> tagged values of applied stereotypes to distinguish them from other
> values (non-marked) (during transformation). Therefore, I was thinking
> to for example, apply a stereotype on a tagged value of another
> stereotype on a model element to mark it.
>
> Maybe there is another solution than using stereotypes to achieve the
> same goal? Any help and ideas on this are more than welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Mehrdad

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