Shared classes between package

[yvon.turcotte]

Hi,

I can i share a class between two package ? For more info, see the image at this adresse www.geocities.com/yvont/images/untitled.JPG. How can i shared the "TestClass" from the "AG01 - ..." package to the "Architecture Globale" package ?

Thanks for your help !

Bye !

[Farfetch]

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[CJ]

I'm still learning UML, so this is more of a question than an answer...

Isn't the logical view (vue logique) generally a good place to document classes, and the component view (vue des composants) generally a good place to document objects that may or may not be derived from classes from the logical view?

If I've got that right, then why not drop an instance of "TestClass" into "Vue des composants, Architecture Globale"?

[kelly_sumrall]

Yvon,

I'm not sure this is what you are looking for, but here is a response.  You can copy a class from one diagram and past a link onto another diagram.  Now you have one class that displays on two different diagrams (possibly in two different packages).  The copy dosen't appear in the package, just the diagram.

Hope this helps.

[Marek Brezina]

I agree with Jason, but if you want to share classes do not instance them.  

1. Turn off auto instance Local options/diagram/behavior
2. Create new diagram in Package Architecture Globale
3. Drag and Drop testclass into the diagram

[yvon.turcotte]

Thanks everybody for your help. Now i'm able to share classes between packages.

[jaimeglz]

Hi Ivonne,

Just a small practical recommendation: If the project is not very, very, large, I have found that is is better to keep all classes under a single package (or at least under a single view), so as to avoid having to look for them all over the project tree. It not only helps you avoid redundancy, but also, if you put them in an alphabetical (or some logical) order, the class definition package comes out very neat when you generate your documentation.

If the project is very large, or is part of a large set of projects, I have found that it is better to have a special package for reusable classes. These are the classes that can be either shared among projects (root levels of project trees), or refined over time and exported from one project to another.

Jaime Gonzalez