Ada 2012 Conventions

Enterprise Architect supports round trip engineering of Ada 2012, where these conventions are used.

Stereotypes

Stereotype	Applies To	See also
adaPackage	Class Corresponds To: A Package specification in Ada 2012 without a tagged record.
adaProcedure	Class Corresponds To: A procedure specification in Ada 2012.
delegate	Operation Corresponds To: Access to a subprogram.
enumeration	Inner Class Corresponds To: An enumerated type.
struct	Inner Class Corresponds To: A record definition.
typedef	Inner Class Corresponds To: A type definition, subtype definition, access type definition, renaming.

Tagged Values

Tag	Applies To	See also
Aspect	Inner Class with stereotype typedef Operation Corresponds to: Aspect specification (Precondition and Postcondition of Subprogram type 'invariant', subtype 'predicate').
InstantiatedUnitType	Inner Class with stereotype typedef Corresponds To: The instantiated unit's type (Package / Procedure / Function).
IsAccess	Parameter Corresponds To: Determination of whether the parameter is an access variable.
IsAliased	Function parameter Corresponds to: Aliased function parameter.
Discriminant	Inner Class with stereotype typedef Corresponds To: The type's discriminant.
PartType	Inner Class with stereotype typedef Corresponds To: The part type ('renames' or 'new').
Type	Inner Class with stereotype typedef Corresponds To: If 'Value' = 'SubType', set 'subtype' If 'Value' = 'Access', set 'access type'.

Other Conventions

Appropriate type of source files: Ada specification file, .ads
Ada 2012 imports Packages defined as either <<adaPackage>> Class or Class, based on the settings in the Ada 2012 options
A Package in the Ada specification file is imported as a Class if it contains a Tagged Record, the name of which is governed by the options 'Use Class Name for Tagged Record' and 'Alternate Tagged Record Name'; all attributes defined in that Tagged Record are absorbed as the Class's attributes
A procedure / function in an Ada specification file is considered as the Class's member function if its first parameter satisfies the conditions specified in the options 'Ref Param Style', 'Ignore Reference parameter name' and 'Ref parameter name'
The option 'Define Reference for Tagged Record', if enabled, creates a reference type for the Class, the name of which is determined by the option 'Reference Type Name'; for example:

HelloWorld.ads

package HelloWorld is

type HelloWorld is tagged record

Att1: Natural;

Att3: Integer;

end record;

-- Public Functions

function MyPublicFunction (P: HelloWorld) return String;

procedure MyPublicFunction (P1: in out HelloWorld; AFlag: Boolean);

private

-- Private Functions

function MyPrivateFunction (P: HelloWorld) return String;

procedure MyPrivateFunction (P1: in out HelloWorld; AFlag: Boolean);

end HelloWorld;

Notes

Ada 2012 support is available in the System Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect

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