Connectors

[baghira]

Hi,

I have build a profile and now I am wondering if it is possible to create a rule or something like that, so that my connector, which is an extension of UML:: Dependency, is only allowed to connect to a specific component/stereotype.

I can't find a source/target-type or such thing.
The other way I mentioned was to set validation rules. Is there an easy way to do this?

Thank you! :-)

[«Midnight»]

Perhaps you can use the quicklinker setup to do this...

[baghira]

Hi again,

in the help is written that

"The philosophy behind the built-in Quick Linker definitions has always been to provide not a complete list of valid or legal connections, but a short and convenient list of the commonest connections for the given context."

According to the fact that I can only choose standard Connector Types I can't use it for limiting the connections.

Any other ideas?

[Frank Horn]

You can use your own connector stereotypes in a quick linker definition. It won't help you, however, for limiting connections cause a user can always choose to drag a connector from the toolbox instead of using the quick linker.

I think the only way to really prevent unwanted connectors ist to write an AddIn and use broadcast events. In your handler for the EA_OnPreNewConnector event you can check the client and supplier elements and return false if you don't want to allow the connector.