Special Attributes

Name

Type the name of the attribute (as listed in the tables below).

Initial

Type or select the initial value of the attribute.

Save

Click on this button to save your changes. (You do not need to set any other values.)

Close

Click on this button to close the dialog.

_defaultAttributeType

Defines the default type of the new attributes created from the Diagram Toolbox. Use this in a Stereotype element that extends an Attribute Metaclass, and set the attribute type as the initial value.

If you do not provide this, the system creates attributes with the default type int.

icon

Contains the bitmap file location of the 16x16-pixel icon displayed beside all elements defined by the Stereotype, in the Project Browser. This does not apply to Package elements. The icon is also automatically used as the Diagram Toolbox image wherever the stereotyped element is listed.

For a transparent background, you can use light grey - RGB (192,192,192).

For this attribute to work correctly, also set the _metatype attribute (see below).

_image

Identifies a Shape Script definition, the script for which is created in the Initial Value field.

For this attribute to take effect, you need to set the Alternate Image option when you save the Profile.

Add Shape Scripts

Export a Profile

_instanceMode

Define what happens when an instance is created of a stereotyped element.

 
Define Creation of Instance

_instanceOwner

_instanceType

_metatype

Defines stereotypes as metatypes, so that the identity of an element as a custom, stereotyped element is hidden.

Define a Stereotype as a Metatype

_sizeY

Sets the initial height of the element, in pixels, at 100% zoom.

For this attribute to take effect, you need to set the Element Size option when you save the Profile.

Export a Profile

_sizeX

Sets the initial width of the element, in pixels, at 100% zoom.

For this attribute to take effect, you need to set the Element Size option when you save the Profile.

Export a Profile

_strictness

Defines the degree to which a stereotyped element can have more than one stereotype applied to it.

Define Multiple-Stereotype Level

_AttInh

If set to 1, sets the Inherited Features: Show Attributes checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

Feature Visibility

_AttPkg

If set to 1, sets the Attribute Visibility: Package checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_AttPri

If set to 1, sets the Attribute Visibility: Private checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_AttPro

If set to 1, sets the Attribute Visibility: Protected checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_AttPub

If set to 1, sets the Attribute Visibility: Public checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

compositeKind

When applied to an Association, defines whether the source or target end is an aggregate or composite. Permitted values are:

Aggregation

_ConInh

If set to 1, sets the Show Element Compartments: Inherited Constraints checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

Feature Visibility

_Constraint

If set to 1, sets the Show Element Compartments: Constraints checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_defaultDiagramType

Defines the type of child diagram created when an element is made composite.

Define Child Diagram Type

direction

Automatically created when any type of connector Metaclass element is dragged from the Profile toolbox page onto a diagram. You can set a value for this attribute in preference to using the _SourceNavigability or _TargetNavigability attributes (below).

_HideStype

Set the Initial Value field to a comma-separated list of stereotypes to hide those stereotypes by setting the Hide Stereotyped Features filter for each new stereotyped model element.

Feature Visibility

_isVertical

Set to True for a stereotyped ActivityPartition to make the default Activity Partition orientation vertical.

Partition

_lineStyle

Sets the line style of a stereotyped connector; the Initial Value of the attribute can be one of:

Connector Styles

_makeComposite

Makes each stereotyped element a composite element when it is created.

Define Composite Elements

_OpInh

If set to 1, sets the Inherited Features: Show Operations checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

Feature Visibility

_OpPkg

If set to 1, sets the Operation Visibility: Package checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_OpPri

If set to 1, sets the Operation Visibility: Private checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_OpPro

If set to 1, sets the Operation Visibility: Protected checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_OpPub

If set to 1, sets the Operation Visibility: Public checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_PType

If set to 1, sets the Show element type (Port or Part only) checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_ResInh

If set to 1, sets the Show Element Compartments: Inherited Responsibilities checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_Responsibility

If set to 1, sets the Show Element Compartments: Responsibilities checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_Runstate

If set to 1, sets the Hide Object Runstate in current diagram checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

_SourceAggregation

Deprecated. See compositeKind, above.

_SourceMultiplicity

Sets the multiplicity of the source element, such as 1..* or 0..1.

Source Role

_SourceNavigability

If the connector is non-navigable, set this attribute to Non-Navigable.

If other values are more appropriate, use the direction attribute (above).

_subtypeProperty

Specifies the fully qualified name of the Tagged Value that is used to generate a popup submenu each time an element with the stereotype is created from the Toolbox.

The Tagged Value is an enumeration and the submenu consists of a command for each enumeration literal. The Tagged Value is initialized with whichever command is selected on the submenu; if none is selected (such as if the user clicks off the submenu) then the default value is used as normal.

For example, if you create a BPMN 2 Activity element, a submenu displays listing the task types such as BusinessRule, Manual and Receive. Selecting one of these values sets it as the value of the taskType Tagged Value.

The Tagged Value is effectively the Activity's subtype; in the BPMN 2 profile, in the format profile::stereotype::tag, the subtypeProperty for the Activity stereotype would be:

BPMN2.0::Activity::taskType.

BPMN 2.0 Activity

_Tag

If set to 1, sets the Show Element Compartments: Tags checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

Feature Visibility

_tagGroupings

Maps the Tagged Values into the tag groups (below) displayed in the Tagged Values window, in the form:

tagName1=groupName1;tagName2=groupName2;
 

This facility currently is available for object types only, not for other types such as attributes.

Define Tag Groupings

_tagGroups

Defines a comma-separated list of required groups in the order in which they are to be displayed in the Tagged Values window. For example:

groupName1,groupName2,groupName3

This facility currently is available for object types only, not for other types such as attributes.

_tagGroupStates

Maps _tagGroups displayed in the Tagged Values window to the state of open or closed, in the form:

groupName1=open;groupName2=closed;

This facility currently is available for object types only, not for other types such as attributes.

_TagInh

If set to 1, sets the Show Element Compartments: Inherited Tags checkbox to selected on each new stereotyped model element.

Feature Visibility

_TargetAggregation

Deprecated. See compositeKind, above.

_TargetMultiplicity

Sets the multiplicity of the target element, such as 1..* or 0..1.

Target Role

_TargetNavigability

If the connector is non-navigable, set this attribute to Non-Navigable.

If other values are more appropriate, use the direction attribute (above).