Traceability: show stereotypes

[Uffe]

Hi!

The traceability window is a very handy little tool but it uses its own connector labels, which can be confusing and sometimes downright misleading.

Consider for instance two components, where one has a «use» and the other an «abstraction» connector to the same interface.
Both these relationships will be reported as "needed by", since they are stereotyped dependencies. In the «use» case this might be permissible, but «abstraction» is quite a different kettle of barramundi.

This would be resolved if the connector stereotypes were shown, as in "needed by («use»)" and "needed by («abstraction»)". This solution will also work for third-party profiles, which an effort to come up with separate descriptions for all UML connector types would not.

Any takers?

Cheers,


/Uffe

[Luis J. Lobo]

Vote!

But not only for connectors. The stereotype is needed for the elements too. Only the element icon is not enought. The type/stereotype should appear at least as a tooltip.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Vote!

But not only for connectors. The stereotype is needed for the elements too. Only the element icon is not enought. The type/stereotype should appear at least as a tooltip.

Agree!

One of the reasons for stereotypes is to differentiate the item from an unstereotyped (or differently stereotyped) item!

Paolo

[Drops]

+1 vote