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Create Stereotypes Extending non-UML Objects
A Profile is typically defined by extending core UML object types to create your own modeling language or technology; however, you can also extend non-UML objects defined by another existing technology such as ArchiMate, BPMN, or SysML.
Extending a non-UML object allows inheritance of these properties from the existing stereotype:
- Tagged Values
- Shape Scripts
- Stereotype colors
- Metatype properties
Create a Stereotype extending a non-UML Object
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In the Browser window, locate the Package with the <<profile>> Stereotype and open its child diagram. If you do not have an existing <<profile>> Package, use the 'MDG Technology Builder' option in the Model Wizard to create a new technology, then open the diagram from the newly created <<profile>> Package. |
Using the Profile Helpers |
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Drag the 'Metaclass' icon from the 'Profile' page of the Diagram Toolbox onto the diagram. The 'Extend Metaclass' dialog displays. |
Profile Toolbox |
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Select the 'Stereotypes' tab. |
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From the drop-down list, select the Profile to extend (for example, 'SysML1.3') and select the checkbox next to the non-UML Stereotype to extend (for example, 'Block'). Click on the . The appropriate Stereotype element is added to the Profile diagram. |
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Add a new Stereotype by dragging the 'Add Stereotype Profile Helper' from the Diagram Toolbox. This will be the custom Stereotype that extends the non-UML type added to the diagram in step 4. When you have finished, the Stereotype element and Metaclass element are displayed on the Profile diagram. |
Add Stereotypes and Metaclasses using Profile Helpers |
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Draw a Generalize connector from the custom Stereotype added in step 5 to the non-UML Stereotype element added in step 4. |
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Save the diagram as a Profile. |
Export a Profile |
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Define a Toolbox Profile that has items for each of your Stereotypes. |
Create Toolbox Profiles using the Profile Helpers |
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Incorporate the saved Profiles into an MDG Technology. |
Create MDG Technology File |
Example Stereotype Profile
This example shows a Stereotype Profile that defines the stereotype <<hardwareBlock>>. The <<hardwareBlock>> stereotype is an extension of SysML Block, from the SysML MDG Technology.
Notes
- When using a Shape Script to customize the Stereotype's appearance you can use the drawparentshape() method to render the shape that is defined for the non-UML object being extended
- If you are adding any of the Metaclass element Attributes to your stereotype, or if you want to use the Profile Helper to create a toolbox profile, your stereotype Class must extend a metaclass as well as specialize a stereotype