Association Owner - Default

[damo1978]

Since upgrading to v12 (12.0.1215) when working with associations between classes, EA will add set the 'Owned' attribute to True by default when manipulating the association, for example....

If I have created ClassA and ClassB and have an AssociationA between them, newly created, this will not have the Owned flag set, or will at least be False.  If I were to create a new ClassC, and the drag the AssociationA from ClassB to ClassC, this then sets the Owned flag to True.  This is visibly indicated by the solid circle at the endpoints of the association.

I've not used Owned associations in any of my UML modelling in the last 10+ years, and for the most part I do not need to use it - not entirely sure what semantics/syntax it is providing.

Is there a way to switch off this default action because it is very irritating having to go into the association properties > role > advanced, and then for each Class change the flag.  It's painfully slow.

Thanks

[qwerty]

No. The most annoying thing is that they placed the flag so hidden that's it's a PITA. The owned seems to be more focused in the latest UML 2.5 release so I started using it and am not happy with the GUI.

See also here.

q.

[Geert Bellekens]

I noticed that as well. Sometimes it's enough to switch direction to have EA change the owner attribute unwanted.

I meant to report it as a bug, but haven't gotten around to it.
Make sure you do however, because posting it on the forum isn't enough.

Geert

[damo1978]

Thanks qwerty. I thought I was alone on this one.  The annoyance wouldn't be so bad if it were not forced upon you whenever you move an association from one class to another.  A real royal PITA.

Geert - point taken. Bug report raised. Thanks