Defining parameters, Parameter properties, Direction | Sybase 7.5

Defining parameters

Defining parameters

A parameter is a specification of a variable that can be changed, passed, or returned. Parameters are used only for operations.

A parameter always has a direction, which indicates the flow of information.

Parameter properties

A parameter has the following properties:

Property	Description
Parent	Operation to which the parameter belongs to

Name	Name of the parameter

Code	Reference name for the parameter

Comment	Descriptive comment for the parameter

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

Array	Used in generating and reverse engineering for Java
	and PowerBuilder. When selected, arranges attributes
	into table format

Parameter	Direction of information flow of the parameter
Type

Maximum length

254

254

254

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—

—

254

Direction	The choice you make in the Direction dropdown listbox indicates what value
	is returned when the parameter is called by the operation during the execution
	process.
	You can set the following values for the direction:

Value

In

In\Out

Out

Description

Input parameter passed by value. The final value may not be modified and information is not available to the caller

Input parameter that may be modified. The final value may be modified to communicate information to the caller

Output parameter. The final value may be modified to communicate information to the caller

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Contents

User’s Guide Page Contents Changing an association into an associative class 102 Modifying the code of an implementation operation100 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 creation What is an OOM?OOM roles Object Objects in an OOMAn OOM represents the interaction of the following objects Selection Tool Description Creating a new OOM To create an OOM Object-Oriented Model Basics To open an existing OOM Opening an existing OOMAn OOM has the file extension .OOM You can set the following option for classes in an OOM Defining OOM model optionsClasses Result To define OOM model optionsNon-divergence Length Defining OOM propertiesTo modify the model properties Defining OOM properties Building an Object-Oriented Model Defining packages Package properties Preference Displaying text in package symbolsTo modify the package display preferences Defining packages Defining classes Property Description Class propertiesClass has the following general properties Maximum length Modify or creating Analyzing class propertiesStereotype New stereotypes Type Stereotype Cardinality Creating a classVisibility Visible Creating a class from the list of classes Accessing the list of classesCreating a class from the Browser To create a class from the Browser Inner classes Creating a class from a diagramTo create a class in a diagram To declare an inner class within a class Opening property sheets at last accessedAttaching an inner class to a class Building an Object-Oriented Model Detaching an inner class from a class To detach an inner class from a class Modifying class properties from its property sheet ClassifiersModifying class properties 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 An interface has the following properties Defining interfacesInterface properties Creating an interface from the Browser Analyzing interface propertiesCreating an interface Visibility To create an interface in a diagram Creating an interface from a diagramAccessing the list of interfaces Creating an interface from the list of interfaces To modify interface properties from its property sheet Modifying interface propertiesModifying interface properties from its property sheet To modify interface properties from the list of interfaces Modifying interface properties from the list of interfacesInterface property sheet opens to the General Select Model Interfaces Adding inner classes to an interface Adding objects to an interface To add an attribute to an interface Adding an attribute to an interfaceYou can add the following objects 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 from the Browser Creating an attributeMultiplicity To create an attribute from the Browser To create an attribute by inserting it in the list Accessing the list of attributesCreating an attribute from the list of attributes 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 Select Model Attributes Modifying attribute properties from the list of attributesTo modify attribute properties from the list of 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 An attribute has the following display preferences Displaying text in attribute symbolsWhen selected To modify the display preferences Building an Object-Oriented Model An identifier has the following properties Defining identifiersIdentifier properties To create an identifier Creating an identifierYou can create an identifier from a class To add attributes to an identifier Adding attributes to an identifierYou can add attributes to an identifier To modify identifier properties from its property sheet Modifying identifier propertiesModifying identifier properties from its property sheet Modifying identifier properties from the list of identifiers An operation has the following properties Defining operationsOperation properties Creating an operation from the Browser Analyzing operation propertiesCreating an operation To create an operation from the Browser To create an operation by inserting it in the list Accessing the list of operationsCreating an operation from the list of operations 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 To modify operation properties from its property sheet Modifying operation propertiesModifying operation properties from its property sheet To modify operation properties from the list of operations Modifying operation properties from the list of operationsOperation property sheet opens to the General 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 To add a duplicate operation to a class Adding operations to a classAdding 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 Direction Defining parametersParameter properties Creating a parameter To create a parameter Parameter property sheet opens to the General Generalization has the following properties Defining generalizationsGeneralization properties To create a generalization Analyzing generalization propertiesCreating a generalization Link appears between the two objects Dragging a generalization to a different class To modify generalization properties from its property sheet Modifying generalization propertiesModifying generalization properties from its property sheet Displaying text in generalization symbols Generalization has the following display preferences To modify the display preferences Association Ends Omitted when end names are usedDefining associations Class plays as viewed by the opposite class Association properties An association has the following properties Creating an association Creating an association outside of a diagramTo create an association in a diagram Dragging an association to a different class 100 Analyzing cardinality propertiesAssociation property sheet opens to the General 101 Association role propertiesOrdering Indicates To change an association into an associative class Changing an association into an associative classAggregation/composition of an Association Right-click an association To modify association properties from its property sheet Modifying association propertiesModifying association properties from its property sheet 103 Double-click the association in the model Modifying cardinality propertiesTo modify association cardinality properties 104 105 106 Displaying text in association symbolsTo modify the association display preferences 107 Dependency has the following properties Defining dependenciesDependency properties 108 109 Creating a dependencyTo create a dependency Dragging a dependency to a different class 110 To modify dependency properties from its property sheet Modifying dependency propertiesModifying dependency properties from its property sheet 111 112 Displaying text in dependency symbolsDependency has the following display preferences 113 Realization has the following properties Defining realizationsRealization properties 114 Dragging a realization to a different class Creating a realizationTo create a realization 115 116 Modifying realization propertiesModifying a realization from its property sheet To modify realization properties from its property sheet 117 Realization has the following display preferences Displaying text in realization symbolsModifying a realization from the list of realizations 118 119 Each domain definition includes the following properties Defining domainsDomain properties 120 You create a domain from the list of domains Accessing the List of DomainsCreating a domain To create a domain Precision Indicating data type, length, and precisionLength 122 To select a data type for a domain from the list Selecting a data type for a domainSelecting a data type for a domain from the list 123 To select a data type for a domain from its property sheet Selecting a data type for a domain from its property sheetUndefined data type Selecting a data type from a list of standard data types 125 Selecting a data type from a list of standard data typesChange of data type appears in the list of domains 126 Numeric data typesCharacter data types To select a data type from a list of standard data types Time data typesOther data types Selecting from the Data Type dropdown listbox 128 To modify domain properties Accessing a property sheet from the BrowserModifying domain properties 129 130 Setting standard check parameters for objectsDefining check parameters 131 Defining additional check parameters for objectsTo set standard parameters Variable 132 Using a validation rule in check parametersTo define additional check parameters 133 To use a validation rule in check parametersValidation rule expressions 134 Managing Object-Oriented Models 135 136 Checking an OOMObject parameters verified by Check model 137 Indicating error severityOOM check options Message Description Checking a OOM Objects selected in the diagramObject selection in the Check Model To check a OOM 139 Selecting all or clearing all checkboxes 140 Dockable result window Symbol OptionMaking corrections based on OOM check results 141 Making automatic corrections to the OOM Making manual corrections to an OOM 143 Merging two OOM 144 145 To open a Rose model in PowerDesignerOpening a Rose model in an OOM Generalization Association Objects importedAll objects Class 146 Interface Objects not importedPackage Class Attribute Dependency OperationGeneralization 148 Reverse Engineering 149 150 What is reverse engineering?Parsing Inner classes Reverse engineering JavaTogether classes that logically belong together Outer class Comments Reverse engineering Java optionsJava code To define Java reverse engineering options 153 Loading a JDK library model in the workspaceTo load a JDK library model Select the .java radio button Reverse engineering Java source files without code bodyTo reverse java without code body 154 155 To reverse engineer .java files Reverse engineering Java source filesSelect the Ignore operation body checkbox Click OK 156 Reversing without the body of the code 157 Multi-selection To reverse engineer compiled Java files to a diagramReverse engineering compiled Java files 158 159 160 161 Reverse engineering Java files from a source directoryTo reverse engineer Java files from a source directory 162 163 To reverse engineer .jar or .zip files to a diagramReverse engineering archived .jar or .zip files 164 165 166 Reverse engineering PowerBuilderReverse engineering PowerBuilder options To define PowerBuilder reverse engineering options 167 168 Loading a PowerBuilder library model in the workspaceTo load a PowerBuilder library model Reverse engineering objects from a PowerBuilder application 169 170 171 To reverse engineer PowerBuilder objects from SRU filesReverse engineering objects from SRU files 172 173 Reverse engineering XML options XML SchemaReverse engineering XML XML Data XML files can be reversed into an OOM Reverse engineering XML filesTo define XML reverse engineering options 175 To reverse engineer an XML file 176 177 Reverse engineering into a new OOMTo reverse engineer object language files into a new OOM This product includes XML4C 3.0.1 software developed by 178 179 This chapter describes how to generate objects from an OOMAbout this chapter 180 Generating objectsSelecting objects to include in the generation Select tools Graphically selected objectsSelecting objects Selection tips Check model Generating Java source filesDefining Java generation options Visibility sort To define Java generation options 183 184 Generating Java class definition filesTo generate .java files 185 Select the classes that you want to generate from the listSelect Tools 186 Creating Java BeanInfo classesNavigating between pages To create Java BeanInfo classes 187 188 Pbl application Generating objects for PowerBuilderDefining PowerBuilder generation options Sru files To define PowerBuilder generation options 190 191 Generating objects for a PowerBuilder applicationClick Apply Click Cancel 192 193 Generating PowerBuilder objects in sru filesTo generate PowerBuilder user objects in sru files 194 To define XML generation options Generating for XMLDefining XML generation options 195 Generating XML objects 196 To generate XML files 197 198 Customizing scripts 199 200 201 202 Generating OOM objects to a CDMTranslating OOM objects into CDM objects OOM object 203 Translating OOM data types for a CDMTranslating Java data types for a CDM Java data type 204 Generating a CDM from an OOMGenerating and updating a CDM Clearing the Preserve Modifications checkbox Update existingCDM generation options You can set the following general generation options Objects selected in the model Object selection parametersCheck model before generation 206 207 Generating a new CDMTo generate to a new CDM from an OOM 208 Generating a CDM from a package 209 210 To update an existing CDM by generating from an OOMUpdating an existing CDM Preserve Modifications Preserve modifications 211 212 Merging models 213 214 215 Generating from Generating OOM objects to a PDMTranslating OOM objects into PDM objects Associations 217 Translating OOM data types for a PDMTranslating Java data types for a PDM Translation example for SQL Anywhere Generate new Physical Data Generating a PDM from an OOMGenerating and updating a PDM 218 Physical Data 219 220 Defining PDM generation optionsYou select objects for PDM generation from the Selection Select Tools Generate Physical Data Model Generating a new PDMTo generate to a new PDM from an OOM 221 222 Generating a PDM from a package 223 224 To update an existing PDM by generating from an OOMUpdating an existing PDM 225 226 227 228 Using Object Languages 229 230 Object languagesTypes of object language Object language type To modify a value of a current object language Accessing object language propertiesModifying the current object language Open an OOM Select Language Edit Current Object Language 232 233 Modifying linked object language propertiesTo modify the parameters of a linked object language 234 To change the object language of an OOM Changing the object language of an OOMCreating a new object language To create a new object language 236 237 238 Fields Using the object language editorCategories Values Editor edit menu Modifying values in the object language editorObject language Following editing options appear UML category Object language editor categoriesGeneral category Stereotypes 242 Class has the following default stereotypesClass stereotypes Operation stereotypes An operation has the following default stereotypeGeneralization has the following default stereotype Generalization stereotypes 244 Dependency has the following default stereotypesDependency stereotypes Package stereotypes Package has the following default stereotypesScript category 245 Object scripts Default constantsFollowing constant values are defined by default 246 Example Specification247 You can modify the following basic data types Default data typesXML Mapping 248 Event Extended Attributes categoryNamings 249 250 Using Business Rules 251 What is a business rule? 252 253 Defining business rules in an OOMTypes of business rule Rule type Business rule definition includes the following properties Business rule propertiesCreating a business rule 254 To create a business rule 255 To apply a business rule to an object Applying business rules to objectsApplying 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