Bind a Parameterized Class to a specific type?

[Asperamanca]

EA 8.0

In a class diagram, I have a template class (or parameterized class) called "GraphicsScaleWidget".

How do I bind the template parameter of GraphicsScaleWidget to a specific type? I would like e.g. to create a GraphicsScaleWidget<float> (in C++ speak), but I am unable to find the <<bind>> stereotype, or anything comparable.

When I create a composition relation to GraphicsScaleWidget, I do not find any place in the relation dialog to specify the concrete type "float" that I want to use with the template class.

A colleague suggested to create an instantiated class, but even after realizing GraphicsScaleWidget with a class that uses "instantiated", the code generated shows me EA has not the same understanding of my class model that I do.

Help is no help, because it does tell me
"For an instantiated template, select Instantiated and add the arguments in the Arguments field. "
...but not how to achieve that.

How do I properly use a template class, so the code generated will show "GraphicsScaleWidget<float>& m_GraphicsScaleWidget" in my parent class?

[Eve]

Have a play with EA 9 and see if that will meet your need when it is released.

[Asperamanca]

Does this imply it won't work with EA 8?

[Asperamanca]

I've found the new TemplateBinding relationship in EA 9. I still can't do what I really want to do (that is, define a template parameter binding in a composition relationship), and I can't seem to create a TemplateBinding between a class and an instance of that class (which seemed the logical alternative), but I do have more possibilities that I can try out.

However, since our whole development team is on EA 8, and I don't know what our upgrade strategies are, is there any trick to get a binding done in EA 8?

[Eve]

The association connector also allows binding to be specified for the target end. (Which in terms of UML is a shorthand for an association to an anonymous class with a binding relationship to the target class.) Use one of these with the aggregation on the Source end set to 'composite'.

Template Binding only exists in version 8 by specifying the arguments on a class that inherited from a template class. Other than that it is by explicitly adding template arguments into the type field of an attribute.

[Asperamanca]

Template Binding only exists in version 8 by specifying the arguments on a class that inherited from a template class.

...but I would only be able to do so by setting the "Type" in "Details tab / Templates" to "Parameterized", "Instanciated" or "Both", correct?

So in the case where a non-template non-instantiated class inherits from a template class, I cannot do such a thing, or can I?

Other than that it is by explicitly adding template arguments into the type field of an attribute.

This was one of my first ideas, but strangely, when adding a composition, the relationship does not result in an added attribute as expected (however, the attribute is correctly generated in code).

How do I update the list of attributes for changes in relationships, so I can change attribute names and, in this case, template parameters?