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Quick Linker Example
If you want to create a Quick Linker definition, it is easiest to set it up in a spreadsheet with each menu item definition constructed across a row, as in the example below:
The first row of the example is a comment line identifying the column headings. The subsequent lines define the connector/target element options for a Class element with the stereotype �quick�. When a connector is dragged away from an element of this type, you want the user to create a Dependency either to or from a Component element. When they drag a connector onto an existing Port or Component element, you want a Dependency either to or from the Component or, in the case of a Component, you want the user to be able to create an embedded Port element.
These requirements are defined in eight records in the Quick Linker definition file:
| 1. | Dependency to new Component |
| 2. | Dependency from new Component |
| 3. | Dependency to existing Component |
| 4. | Dependency from existing Component |
| 5. | Dependency to existing Port |
| 6. | Dependency from existing Port |
| 7. | Dependency to existing Component, create new Port |
| 8. | Dependency from existing Component, create new Port |
The records save to the following CSV file:
Class,quick,,,,Component,,Dependency,,to,,Dependency to,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,Component,0,,,,,
Class,quick,,,,Component,,Dependency,,from,,Dependency from,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,Component,0,,,TRUE,,
Class,quick,Component,,,,,Dependency,,to,Dependency to,,TRUE,,TRUE,TRUE,,0,,,,,
Class,quick,Component,,,,,Dependency,,from,Dependency from,,TRUE,,TRUE,TRUE,,0,,,TRUE,,
Class,quick,Port,,,,,Dependency,,to,Dependency to,,TRUE,,TRUE,TRUE,,0,,,,,
Class,quick,Port,,,,,Dependency,,from,Dependency from,,TRUE,,TRUE,TRUE,,0,,,TRUE,,
Class,quick,Component,,,Port,,Dependency,,to,,Dependency to,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,Port,0,,TRUE,,,
Class,quick,Component,,,Port,,Dependency,,from,,Dependency from,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,TRUE,Port,0,,TRUE,TRUE,,
If you want to test the effect, you can create the following Profile and cut and paste the above CSV lines into the QuickLink Document Artifact element.
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