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Package as Ocl Context [message #894051]

Fri, 06 July 2012 13:48

fv fv

Messages: 19
Registered: April 2012

Junior Member

Hi,

up to now I'm using a function parseOCL(org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class c, java.lang.String s) which parses an OCL Constraint.
The body of this function consists basically of the following lines:

oclhelper.setContext(c);
constraint = (Constraint)oclhelper.createInvariant(s);

Now, I have an OCL Constraint which uses several classes (let's say A and B) which are not connected through an association. The constraint has the following expression:
A.id + B.id >= 0

Is it possible to parse such an OCL Constraint?
What do I have to give setContext() as parameter? If I use Class A as parameter, the raised error tells me:
Unrecognized Variable(id)
which is correct because Class A can't see B.id (because of the missing association)

I'm wondering if it's possible to call setContext with the package which contains the classes (A and B in the example) but I get the following error:

java.lang.ClassCastException: org.eclipse.uml2.uml.internal.impl.PackageImpl cannot be cast to org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Classifier
	at org.eclipse.ocl.uml.internal.UMLReflectionImpl.asOCLType(UMLReflectionImpl.java:1)
	at org.eclipse.ocl.AbstractEnvironmentFactory.createClassifierContext(AbstractEnvironmentFactory.java:135)
	at org.eclipse.ocl.internal.helper.OCLHelperImpl.setContext(OCLHelperImpl.java:119)

Is there a possiblity to parse such a Constraint?

Thank's!

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Re: Package as Ocl Context [message #894169 is a reply to message #894051]

Sat, 07 July 2012 08:58

Ed Willink

Messages: 7655
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi

What you pass as the context determines the 'self' object. If you don't
need a self you can use any old object. The newer code allows you to
pass null.

Your A.id + B.id >= 0 example makes little sense since you seem to
confuse classes and instances. It seems you want two self instances
without any idea as to where they come from. Perhaps you want a two
argument operation returning true/false.

Regards

Ed Willink

On 06/07/2012 14:48, fv fv wrote:
> Hi,
>
> up to now I'm using a function parseOCL(org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class c,
> java.lang.String s) which parses an OCL Constraint.
> The body of this function consists basically of the following lines:
>
> oclhelper.setContext(c);
> constraint = (Constraint)oclhelper.createInvariant(s);
> Now, I have an OCL Constraint which uses several classes (let's say A
> and B) which are not connected through an association. The constraint
> has the following expression:
> A.id + B.id >= 0
>
> Is it possible to parse such an OCL Constraint?
> What do I have to give setContext() as parameter? If I use Class A as
> parameter, the raised error tells me:
> Unrecognized Variable(id)
> which is correct because Class A can't see B.id (because of the
> missing association)
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to call setContext with the package
> which contains the classes (A and B in the example) but I get the
> following error:
>
> java.lang.ClassCastException:
> org.eclipse.uml2.uml.internal.impl.PackageImpl cannot be cast to
> org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Classifier
> at
> org.eclipse.ocl.uml.internal.UMLReflectionImpl.asOCLType(UMLReflectionImpl.java:1)
> at
> org.eclipse.ocl.AbstractEnvironmentFactory.createClassifierContext(AbstractEnvironmentFactory.java:135)
> at
> org.eclipse.ocl.internal.helper.OCLHelperImpl.setContext(OCLHelperImpl.java:119)
>
> Is there a possiblity to parse such a Constraint?
>
> Thank's!

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