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Defining classes

Class properties

A class has the following general properties:

Property	Description
Name	Name of the class

Code	Reference name for the class

Comment	Descriptive comment for the class

Stereotype	Subclassification of a class derived from an existing
	one. Extends the semantics of a class without
	changing it's structure

Type	Set of instances that share the same operations,
	abstract attributes, and relationships, and semantics

Visibility	Visibility of the class, whose value denotes how it
	may be seen and used by other objects

Cardinality	Specific number of instances that the class can have

Persistence	Lifetime of the instances of a class. An object can be
	persistent or transient. If it is persistent, it continues
	to exist after the process that created it has ceased to
	exist. If it is transient, then it ceases to exist when
	the process that created it ceases to exist

Abstract	Indicates that the class cannot be instantiated and
	therefore has no direct instances

Final	Specifies that the class cannot have any inherited
	objects

Generate	Indicates that the class will be automatically
	included among the objects generated from the
	model when you launch the generation process

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A class definition also includes the following properties, which are defined on associated property sheets:

Property

Attribute

Operation

Rule

Description

Defines the characteristics of a class

Carries out a service that effects behavior

A business rule that your business follows. Business rules guide and document the creation of a model

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Contents

User’s Guide Page Contents Modifying the code of an implementation operation 100Changing an association into an associative class 102 103 111 112 Generating Objects from an OOM 179 Using Object Languages 229 Vii Viii Subject Audience Where to find information About This Book If you want to Use these parts of the book Contents Object-Oriented Model Basics Functional overview Build an Object-Oriented Model OOM UML and object-oriented modeling OOM roles What is an OOM?OOM creation Objects in an OOM An OOM represents the interaction of the following objectsObject Selection Tool Description Creating a new OOM To create an OOM Object-Oriented Model Basics An OOM has the file extension .OOM Opening an existing OOMTo open an existing OOM Classes Defining OOM model optionsYou can set the following option for classes in an OOM Non-divergence To define OOM model optionsResult To modify the model properties Defining OOM propertiesLength Defining OOM properties Building an Object-Oriented Model Defining packages Package properties To modify the package display preferences Displaying text in package symbolsPreference Defining packages Defining classes Class properties Class has the following general propertiesProperty Description Maximum length Analyzing class properties StereotypeModify or creating New stereotypes Type Stereotype Creating a class VisibilityCardinality Visible Accessing the list of classes Creating a class from the BrowserCreating a class from the list of classes To create a class from the Browser To create a class in a diagram Creating a class from a diagramInner classes Attaching an inner class to a class Opening property sheets at last accessedTo declare an inner class within a class Building an Object-Oriented Model Detaching an inner class from a class To detach an inner class from a class Classifiers Modifying class propertiesModifying class properties from its property sheet To modify class properties from its property sheet Modifying class properties from the list of classes To modify class properties from the list of classes Adding objects to a class Adding an attribute to a class To add an attribute to a class Adding an operation to a class To add an operation to a class Defining classes Preview the code of a class or an interface To preview the code of a class Displaying text in class symbols To modify the class display preferences Building an Object-Oriented Model Interface properties Defining interfacesAn interface has the following properties Analyzing interface properties Creating an interfaceCreating an interface from the Browser Visibility Creating an interface from a diagram Accessing the list of interfacesTo create an interface in a diagram Creating an interface from the list of interfaces Modifying interface properties from its property sheet Modifying interface propertiesTo modify interface properties from its property sheet Modifying interface properties from the list of interfaces Interface property sheet opens to the GeneralTo modify interface properties from the list of interfaces Select Model Interfaces Adding inner classes to an interface Adding objects to an interface You can add the following objects to an interface Adding an attribute to an interfaceTo add an attribute to an interface Building an Object-Oriented Model Adding an operation to an interface To add an operation to an interface Preview the code of an interface To preview the code of an interface Displaying text in interface symbols Code Preview page appears Click OK To modify the interface display preferences Defining attributes Attribute properties An attribute has the following properties Analyzing attribute properties Data Type Creating an attribute MultiplicityCreating an attribute from the Browser To create an attribute from the Browser Accessing the list of attributes Creating an attribute from the list of attributesTo create an attribute by inserting it in the list Select Model Attributes. The list of attributes appears Creating an attribute from a class in a diagram To create an attribute from a class in a diagram Modifying attribute properties Modifying attribute properties from its property sheet To modify attribute properties from its property sheet To modify attribute properties from the list of attributes Modifying attribute properties from the list of attributesSelect Model Attributes Attaching an attribute to a domain To attach an attribute to a domain Attribute property sheet opens to the General Copying an attribute to another class To copy an attribute to another class Displaying text in attribute symbols When selectedAn attribute has the following display preferences To modify the display preferences Building an Object-Oriented Model Identifier properties Defining identifiersAn identifier has the following properties You can create an identifier from a class Creating an identifierTo create an identifier You can add attributes to an identifier Adding attributes to an identifierTo add attributes to an identifier Modifying identifier properties from its property sheet Modifying identifier propertiesTo modify identifier properties from its property sheet Modifying identifier properties from the list of identifiers Operation properties Defining operationsAn operation has the following properties Analyzing operation properties Creating an operationCreating an operation from the Browser To create an operation from the Browser Accessing the list of operations Creating an operation from the list of operationsTo create an operation by inserting it in the list Select Model Operations. The list of operations appears Creating an operation from a class in a diagram To create an operation from a class in a diagram Modifying operation properties from its property sheet Modifying operation propertiesTo modify operation properties from its property sheet Modifying operation properties from the list of operations Operation property sheet opens to the GeneralTo modify operation properties from the list of operations Select Model Operations Adding constructors and destructors to a class Adding a Default constructor and destructor to a class To add a Default constructor and destructor to a class Building an Object-Oriented Model Adding a Copy constructor to a class To add a Copy constructor to a class Adding a duplicate operation to a class Adding operations to a classTo add a duplicate operation to a class Adding an operation from a parent class To add an inherited operation to a class Adding Getter and Setter operations to a class Operation Defining operations Creating an implementation operation To create an implementation operation Modifying the code of an implementation operation To modify the code of an implementation operation Copying an operation to another class To copy an operation to another class Displaying text in operation symbols An operation has the following display preferences To modify the display preferences Modify the operation display preferences Click OK Parameter properties Defining parametersDirection Creating a parameter To create a parameter Parameter property sheet opens to the General Generalization properties Defining generalizationsGeneralization has the following properties Creating a generalization Analyzing generalization propertiesTo create a generalization Link appears between the two objects Dragging a generalization to a different class Modifying generalization properties from its property sheet Modifying generalization propertiesTo modify generalization properties from its property sheet Displaying text in generalization symbols Generalization has the following display preferences To modify the display preferences Omitted when end names are used Defining associationsAssociation Ends Class plays as viewed by the opposite class Association properties An association has the following properties Creating an association outside of a diagram To create an association in a diagramCreating an association Dragging an association to a different class Association property sheet opens to the General Analyzing cardinality properties100 Association role properties Ordering101 Indicates Changing an association into an associative class Aggregation/composition of an AssociationTo change an association into an associative class Right-click an association Modifying association properties Modifying association properties from its property sheetTo modify association properties from its property sheet 103 Modifying cardinality properties To modify association cardinality propertiesDouble-click the association in the model 104 105 To modify the association display preferences Displaying text in association symbols106 107 Defining dependencies Dependency propertiesDependency has the following properties 108 To create a dependency Creating a dependency109 Dragging a dependency to a different class 110 Modifying dependency properties Modifying dependency properties from its property sheetTo modify dependency properties from its property sheet 111 Dependency has the following display preferences Displaying text in dependency symbols112 113 Defining realizations Realization propertiesRealization has the following properties 114 Creating a realization To create a realizationDragging a realization to a different class 115 Modifying a realization from its property sheet Modifying realization properties116 To modify realization properties from its property sheet 117 Displaying text in realization symbols Modifying a realization from the list of realizationsRealization has the following display preferences 118 119 Defining domains Domain propertiesEach domain definition includes the following properties 120 Accessing the List of Domains Creating a domainYou create a domain from the list of domains To create a domain Indicating data type, length, and precision LengthPrecision 122 Selecting a data type for a domain Selecting a data type for a domain from the listTo select a data type for a domain from the list 123 Selecting a data type for a domain from its property sheet Undefined data typeTo select a data type for a domain from its property sheet Selecting a data type from a list of standard data types Change of data type appears in the list of domains Selecting a data type from a list of standard data types125 Character data types Numeric data types126 Time data types Other data typesTo select a data type from a list of standard data types Selecting from the Data Type dropdown listbox 128 Accessing a property sheet from the Browser Modifying domain propertiesTo modify domain properties 129 Defining check parameters Setting standard check parameters for objects130 Defining additional check parameters for objects To set standard parameters131 Variable To define additional check parameters Using a validation rule in check parameters132 Validation rule expressions To use a validation rule in check parameters133 134 Managing Object-Oriented Models 135 Object parameters verified by Check model Checking an OOM136 Indicating error severity OOM check options137 Message Description Objects selected in the diagram Object selection in the Check ModelChecking a OOM To check a OOM 139 Selecting all or clearing all checkboxes 140 Symbol Option Making corrections based on OOM check resultsDockable result window 141 Making automatic corrections to the OOM Making manual corrections to an OOM 143 Merging two OOM 144 Opening a Rose model in an OOM To open a Rose model in PowerDesigner145 Objects imported All objects ClassGeneralization Association 146 Objects not imported Package ClassInterface Attribute Operation GeneralizationDependency 148 Reverse Engineering 149 Parsing What is reverse engineering?150 Reverse engineering Java Together classes that logically belong togetherInner classes Outer class Reverse engineering Java options Java codeComments To define Java reverse engineering options To load a JDK library model Loading a JDK library model in the workspace153 Reverse engineering Java source files without code body To reverse java without code bodySelect the .java radio button 154 155 Reverse engineering Java source files Select the Ignore operation body checkbox Click OKTo reverse engineer .java files 156 Reversing without the body of the code 157 To reverse engineer compiled Java files to a diagram Reverse engineering compiled Java filesMulti-selection 158 159 160 To reverse engineer Java files from a source directory Reverse engineering Java files from a source directory161 162 Reverse engineering archived .jar or .zip files To reverse engineer .jar or .zip files to a diagram163 164 165 Reverse engineering PowerBuilder options Reverse engineering PowerBuilder166 To define PowerBuilder reverse engineering options 167 To load a PowerBuilder library model Loading a PowerBuilder library model in the workspace168 Reverse engineering objects from a PowerBuilder application 169 170 Reverse engineering objects from SRU files To reverse engineer PowerBuilder objects from SRU files171 172 173 XML Schema Reverse engineering XMLReverse engineering XML options XML Data Reverse engineering XML files To define XML reverse engineering optionsXML files can be reversed into an OOM 175 To reverse engineer an XML file 176 To reverse engineer object language files into a new OOM Reverse engineering into a new OOM177 This product includes XML4C 3.0.1 software developed by 178 About this chapter This chapter describes how to generate objects from an OOM179 Selecting objects to include in the generation Generating objects180 Graphically selected objects Selecting objectsSelect tools Selection tips Generating Java source files Defining Java generation optionsCheck model Visibility sort To define Java generation options 183 To generate .java files Generating Java class definition files184 Select Tools Select the classes that you want to generate from the list185 Navigating between pages Creating Java BeanInfo classes186 To create Java BeanInfo classes 187 188 Generating objects for PowerBuilder Defining PowerBuilder generation optionsPbl application Sru files To define PowerBuilder generation options 190 Click Apply Click Cancel Generating objects for a PowerBuilder application191 192 To generate PowerBuilder user objects in sru files Generating PowerBuilder objects in sru files193 194 Generating for XML Defining XML generation optionsTo define XML generation options 195 Generating XML objects 196 To generate XML files 197 198 Customizing scripts 199 200 201 Generating OOM objects to a CDM Translating OOM objects into CDM objects202 OOM object Translating OOM data types for a CDM Translating Java data types for a CDM203 Java data type Generating and updating a CDM Generating a CDM from an OOM204 Update existing CDM generation optionsClearing the Preserve Modifications checkbox You can set the following general generation options Object selection parameters Check model before generationObjects selected in the model 206 To generate to a new CDM from an OOM Generating a new CDM207 208 Generating a CDM from a package 209 To update an existing CDM by generating from an OOM Updating an existing CDM210 Preserve Modifications Preserve modifications 211 212 Merging models 213 214 215 Generating OOM objects to a PDM Translating OOM objects into PDM objectsGenerating from Associations Translating OOM data types for a PDM Translating Java data types for a PDM217 Translation example for SQL Anywhere Generating a PDM from an OOM Generating and updating a PDMGenerate new Physical Data 218 Physical Data 219 You select objects for PDM generation from the Selection Defining PDM generation options220 Generating a new PDM To generate to a new PDM from an OOMSelect Tools Generate Physical Data Model 221 222 Generating a PDM from a package 223 Updating an existing PDM To update an existing PDM by generating from an OOM224 225 226 227 228 Using Object Languages 229 Object languages Types of object language230 Object language type Accessing object language properties Modifying the current object languageTo modify a value of a current object language Open an OOM Select Language Edit Current Object Language 232 To modify the parameters of a linked object language Modifying linked object language properties233 234 Changing the object language of an OOM Creating a new object languageTo change the object language of an OOM To create a new object language 236 237 238 Using the object language editor CategoriesFields Values Modifying values in the object language editor Object languageEditor edit menu Following editing options appear Object language editor categories General categoryUML category Stereotypes Class stereotypes Class has the following default stereotypes242 An operation has the following default stereotype Generalization has the following default stereotypeOperation stereotypes Generalization stereotypes Dependency stereotypes Dependency has the following default stereotypes244 Package has the following default stereotypes Script categoryPackage stereotypes 245 Default constants Following constant values are defined by defaultObject scripts 246 247 SpecificationExample Default data types XML MappingYou can modify the following basic data types 248 Extended Attributes category NamingsEvent 249 250 Using Business Rules 251 What is a business rule? 252 Defining business rules in an OOM Types of business rule253 Rule type Business rule properties Creating a business ruleBusiness rule definition includes the following properties 254 To create a business rule 255 Applying business rules to objects Applying a business rule to an objectTo apply a business rule to an object 256 Attaching an expression to a business rule 257 258 Glossary 259 Glossary 260 261 262 Stereotype Transient object Visibility Index 263 264 OOM 265 266 Class 267 268 269 270 JDK 271 Model 272 273 Open 274 275 Role 276 277 278