Macros

Macros provide access to element fields within the UML model and are also used to structure the generated output. All macros are enclosed within percent (%) signs in the form of:

     %<macroname>%

In general, macros (including the % delimiters) are substituted for literal text in the output. For example, consider this item from the Class Declaration template:

     ... class %className% ...

The field substitution macro, %className%, would result in the current Class name being substituted in the output. So if the Class being generated was named Foo, the output would be:

     ... class Foo ...

The CTF contains a number of types of macros:

• Template Substitution Macros
• Field Substitution Macros
• Substitution Examples
• Attribute Field Substitution Macros
• Class Field Substitution Macros
• Code Generation Option Field Substitution Macros
• Connector Field Substitution Macros
• Constraint Field Substitution Macros
• Effort Field Substitution Macros
• File Field Substitution Macros
• File Import Field Substitution Macros
• Link Field Substitution Macros
• Linked File Field Substitution Macros
• Metric Field Substitution Macros
• Operation Field Substitution Macros
• Package Field Substitution Macros
• Parameter Field Substitution Macros
• Problem Field Substitution Macros
• Requirement Field Substitution Macros
• Resource Field Substitution Macros
• Risk Field Substitution Macros
• Scenario Field Substitution Macros
• Tagged Value Substitution Macros
• Template Parameter Substitution Macros
• Test Field Substitution Macros
• Function Macros
• Control Macros
• List Macro
• Branching Macros
• Synchronization Macros
• The PI Macro
• EASL Code Generation Macros

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