Source Role

1

Double-click on a connector to open the Connector Properties dialog.

2

Select the Source Role page.

3

Enter the required details and click on the OK button.

<Type> Role

Enter the name of the role to be played.

Alias

Enter an alias for the role, if required.

Role Notes

Enter notes about the role.

Derived

Indicate that the role value or values can be computed from other information.

Owned

Indicate that the role is owned by the opposite Class rather than the Association.

Selecting this checkbox adds a 'dot' to the appropriate end of the connector ( ).

Derived Union

Indicate that the role is derived from the properties that subset it.

Multiplicity

Specify the role multiplicity (you can define the values of this field on the Cardinality tab of the UML Types dialog).

This is the range of instances of the role that can be active in the relationship - for example, one employee can be assigned to tasks; for the target role you define the range of instances (such as tasks) the employee could be assigned to.

The values have the following formats:

You can also define source and target element multiplicity in the element Attribute properties.

Cardinality

Attribute properties

Ordered

Indicate that the role is a list and the list is ordered.

Allow Duplicates

Indicate that the role can contain duplicate elements (relevant only if multiplicity is > 1).

This field maps to the UML property isUnique (selecting the checkbox maps to the isUnique value of FALSE).

Containment

Indicate the nature of the containment at the Destination (reference, value...).

Access

Indicate the access level for the role.

Aggregation

Indicate the type of aggregation that this role uses.

Target Scope

Indicate the level at which this role applies (instance or classifier).

Navigability

Indicate whether or not this role is navigable (non-navigable ends are shown depending on diagram properties).

Changeable

Indicate whether this role is subject to change.

Constraint(s)

Indicate a constraint on the role.

Qualifier(s)

Indicate any qualifiers or restrictions on the role; separate multiple qualifiers with a semi-colon.

Alternatively, click on the (  ...  ) button at the end of the field, and define a new qualifier on the Qualifiers dialog (qualifiers typed into the Qualifier(s) field are also automatically added to this dialog).

Qualifiers Dialog

Stereotype

(Optional) Indicate the name of a stereotype that applies to this end of the Association, or click on the ( ...  )  button at the end of the field and select a stereotype from the Stereotype Selector dialog.

Stereotype Selector

Member Type

Indicate a role type that can be used when generating collection Classes for multiplicity > 1.