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Java Conventions

Enterprise Architect supports round trip engineering of Java - including AspectJ extensions - where the following conventions are used.

Reference

Stereotypes

Stereotype	Applies To	Corresponds To
annotation	Interface	An annotation type.
enum	Attributes within a Class stereotyped enumeration	An enumerated option, distinguished from other attributes that have no stereotype.
enumeration	Class	An enum type.
operator	Operation	An operator.
property get	Operation	A read property.
property set	Operation	A write property.
static	Class or Interface	The static keyword.

Tagged Values

Tag	Applies To	Corresponds To
annotations	Anything	The annotations on the current code feature.
arguments	Attribute with stereotype enum	The arguments that apply to this enumerated value.
attribute_name	Operation with stereotype property get or property set	The name of the variable behind this property.
dynamic	Class or Interface	The dynamic keyword.
generic	Operation	The generic parameters to this operation.
parameterList	Parameter	A parameter list with the ... syntax.
throws	Operation	The exceptions that are thrown by this method.
transient	Attribute	The transient keyword.

Topics

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Detail

See also

Other Conventions

•	Package statements are generated when the current package is not a namespace root

•	The Const property of an attribute or operation corresponds to the final keyword

•	The Transient property of an attribute corresponds to the volatile keyword

•	The Fixed property of a parameter corresponds to the final keyword

Learn more

•	AspectJ Conventions

•	Import Source Code

•	Generate Source Code

•	Java Options

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