Mixed connector notation on diagrams

[Paolo F Cantoni]

As we move toward integrated enterprise modelling, and model driven development, we will start to mix UML and Database Classifiers on the same diagram.

At present, you can only select the connector notation for the entire diagram.  Now, as it happens, it probably only affects Associations (Sparxians can you confirm?).  Thus, so long as you don't want to mix UML associations with Database notation relations on the same diagram, you aren't directly affected.

We, however, can see that for the type of integrated modelling that we're doing we'll need this functionality fairly soon...  So I'm putting in my vote for the ability to determine the connector notation on a per connector basis.

Votes?
Paolo

[SF_lt]

such combination would weaken diagram's, as UML entity, consistency... but if user wants this, why not ?  

[«Midnight»]

This is a thin edge. We need to think it through to make sure there aren't hidden problems.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

This is a thin edge. We need to think it through to make sure there aren't hidden problems.

Why, how?

Isn't the current functionality:

for each connector in diagram.connectors
connector.render(diagram.defaultRendering) ?

Isn't the proposed functionality just an override per connector (on the diagram).

We can get more fancy (such as Sparx has done with Configure Default Appearance)  but I'm not proposing that (yet  ).

Paolo