Objects

Objects are generated in a transformation as text in this form:

objectType

{

objectProperties*

XRef{xref}*

Tag{tag}*

Attribute{attributes}*

Operation{operations}*

Classifier{classifiers}*

Parameter{parameters}*

}

For example:

Class

{

name = "Example"

language = "C++"

Tag

{

name = "defaultCollectionClass"

value = "List"

}

Attribute

{

name = "count"

type = "int"

}

Every object created in a transformation should include an XRef syntax element (see the end of this topic), as it helps the system to synchronize with the object and makes it possible to create a connector to that Class in the transformation.

Syntax elements in the code

Element	Detail	See also
objectType	objectType is one of these: Action ActionPin Activity ActivityParameter ActivityPartition ActivityRegion Actor Association Change Class Collaboration CollaborationUse Component DeploymentSpecification DiagramFrame Decision EntryPoint Event ExceptionHandler ExecutionEnvironment ExitPoint ExpansionNode ExpansionRegion ExposedInterface GUIElement InteractionFragment InteractionOccurrence InteractionState Interface InterruptibleActivityRegion Issue Iteration Object ObjectNode MessageEndpoint Node Package Parameter Part Port ProvidedInterface RequiredInterface Requirement Sequence State StateMachine StateNode Synchronization Table TimeLine Trigger UMLDiagram UseCase
objectProperties	objectProperties is zero, or one instance of one or more of these: Abstract Alias Arguments Author Cardinality Classifier Complexity Concurrency Filename Header Import IsActive IsLeaf IsRoot IsSpecification Keyword Language Multiplicity Name Notes Persistence Phase Scope Status Stereotype Version Visibility
Attribute	Attribute has the same structure as objectType, and includes these properties: Alias Classifier Collection Container Containment Constant Default Derived LowerBound Name Notes Ordered Scope Static Stereotype Type UpperBound Volatile Attribute also includes these elements: Classifier Tag XRef
Operation	Operation has the same structure as objectType, and includes these properties: Abstract Alias Behavior Classifier Code Constant IsQuery Name Notes Pure ReturnArray Scope Static Stereotype Type Operation also includes these elements: Classifier Parameter Tag XRef
Parameter	Parameter has the same structure as objectType, and includes the Tag element and these properties: Classifier Default Fixed Name Notes Kind Stereotype
Tag	Tag has these properties: Name Value

Special Cases

Certain types of object have variations of the object definition syntax.

Object	Detail	See also
Packages	Packages differ from other objects in these ways: They have a reduced set of properties: alias, author, name, namespaceRoot, notes, scope, stereotype and version The property namespaceRoot is only given to Packages A name must be specified for each Package The name property can be a qualified name; when a qualified name is specified, the properties given are applied only to the final Package Only Packages can contain other Packages Packages cannot contain attributes and operations
XRef	Cross references are defined using the transform statements. The properties include: Namespace Name Source Notes	Cross References
Tables	Tables are a special type of object, with these differences from other object types: They can include columns and primary keys They cannot include attributes	Foreign Key
Columns	Columns are similar to attributes, but have an autonumber element containing Startnum and its increment, and these added properties: Length NotNull Precision PrimaryKey Scale Unique In the column definition, you cannot assign a value to the NotNull, PrimaryKey or Unique properties.