Importing c++: no assocs from pointer member vars?

[Gus]

Hi all,

I'm evaluating Enterprise Architect (6.1.791) and I've hit a bit of a problem importing existing c++ code. Any help would be much appreciated.

If I import b.h and a.h:

class b
}
};

class a
{
 b m_b;
};

.....I see what I would expect on the class diagram, ie an association between a and b, with the target role set to m_b. However, if I change a.h to:

class a
{
 b* m_pb;
};

.....and import the code again I don't get the association drawn any more.

In other words, pointer member variables don't generate associations. Should they? Can they?

Thanks,

Gus

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Gus,

Just to be clear what you're asserting...

The first example should be an Association by value and the second an Association by reference, correct?

Paolo

[Gus]

Hi Paolo,

I'm new to UML but yes, I believe that's correct.

Gus

[Eve]

Hello Gus,

EA reverse engineering currently only creates associations when the attribute type exactly matches the class name.  Because that attribute is a pointer, the pointer is included in the type and no association is created.

[SF_lt]

EA reverse engineering currently only creates associations when the attribute type exactly matches the class name.  Because that attribute is a pointer, the pointer is included in the type and no association is created.

That's bad