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C Conventions

Enterprise Architect supports round trip engineering of C, where the following conventions are used:

Stereotype

Stereotype

Applies To

Corresponds To

enumeration

Inner Class

An enum type.

 

struct

Inner Class

A struct type.

 

Attribute

A keyword struct in variable definition.

 

typedef

Inner Class

A typedef statement, where the parent is the original type name.

 

union

Inner Class

A union type.

 

Attribute

A keyword union in variable definition.

 

Tagged Values

Tag

Applies To

Corresponds To

anonymous

Class also containing the Tagged Value typedef

The name of this class being defined only by the typedef statement.

 

bodyLocation

Operation

The location the method body is generated to; expected values are header, classDec or classBody.

 

typedef

Class with stereotype other than typedef

 

This Class being defined in a typedef statement.

typeSynonyms

Class

The typedef name and/or fields of this type.

 

C Code Generation for UML Model

UML

C Code

Notes

A Class

A pair of C files (.h + .c)

 

File name is the same as Class name.

Operation (public & protected)

Function declaration in .h file and definition in .c file

 

 

Operation (private)

Function definition in .c file only

 

 

Operation (static)

Function definition in .c file only

Static functions will only appear in the .c file regardless of their scope.

 

Attribute (public & protected)

Variable definition in .h file

 

 

Attribute (private)

Variable definition in .c file

 

 

Inner Class (without stereotype)

(N/A)

 

This inner Class would be ignored

Capture #define value to be generated in C code

For example, #define PI 3.14.

Step

Process

See also

1

Add an attribute to the Class, with Name = PI and Initial Value = 3.14.

 

 

Create and Manage Attributes

 

2

In the properties panel of the Attributes page, update the Static and Const fields.

 

3

On the Tagged Values tab of the Attributes page, add a tag called define with the value true.

 

Attribute Tagged Values

Notes

·Separate conventions apply to Object Oriented programming in C

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