Global Element and ComplexType

Some XML Schemas have ComplexType elements with the same name as the referring global elements, but with the suffix Type, as shown below:

<xs:element name="Address" type="AddressType"/>

<xs:complexType name="AddressType">

     <xs:sequence/>

</xs:complexType>

On XSD import, by default, Enterprise Architect treats this global element and its bounding ComplexType as a single entity, and creates a single XSDcomplexType stereotyped Class with the same name as the global element, as shown below:

You can change this default behaviour by selecting the Import global elements with "Type" postfix checkbox on the Import XML Schema dialog. When you select this option, the system treats the global element and the ComplexType it is referring to as two separate entities. For the above example, the system creates an «XSDtopLevelElement» stereotyped Class for the global element and an «XSDcomplexType» stereotyped Class for the ComplexType, connected as shown:

Notes

<xs:element name="HomeAddress" type="AddressType"/>

<xs:complexType name="AddressType">

     <xs:sequence/>

</xs:complexType>

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