Diagram compartment for Packages

[Paolo F Cantoni]

We've decided to move the VAST bulk of our objects into a specific branch for them and the diagrams remain in other branches.  One thing we've noticed is that there's no way to indicate the diagrams within a package within the package rendering.

Could an additional option be made available on the Feature and Compartment Visibility [Ctrl+SHift+Y] dialog - specifically for packages that says [ ] Show Diagram?

Perhaps, a new Diagrams compartment would be useful?


Paolo

[Uffe]

+1

[Glassboy]

Could you use a "Package as List" ModelView and change what it's displaying?

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Could you use a "Package as List" ModelView and change what it's displaying?

Hi Glassboy,

As a VERY temporary work-around it can be done.  You need to "twiddle" the Custom SQL, but it's doable.  However, you don't get to see the other compartments - which was the reason for my request.  In other words, in this rendering,  it's not a coherent object on the diagram.

But thanks for the pointer!

Paolo

[skiwi]

+1

and also represent package as a box, rather than a  tabbed entity

[Paolo F Cantoni]

+1

and also represent package as a box, rather than a  tabbed entity

Do you mean provide "Rectangle Notation" for a package?

Paolo

[skiwi]

Do you mean provide "Rectangle Notation" for a package?

That's what I wanted to say  [smiley=dankk2.gif]

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Do you mean provide "Rectangle Notation" for a package?

That's what I wanted to say  [smiley=dankk2.gif]

+1

Yes, the standard method for getting the [ ] Use Rectangle Notation for a vertex (via shapescript) doesn't work for packages...

Even if you "jam" the DB with the appropriate ObjectStyle value, it won't render as Rectangle Notation.

Paolo

[Glassboy]

Yes, the standard method for getting the [ ] Use Rectangle Notation for a vertex (via shapescript) doesn't work for packages...

Paolo what do you mean by the term vertex?  Your context seems to be for a shape not the corner of a shape which confuses me.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Yes, the standard method for getting the [ ] Use Rectangle Notation for a vertex (via shapescript) doesn't work for packages...

Paolo what do you mean by the term vertex?  Your context seems to be for a shape not the corner of a shape which confuses me.

Unfortunate that there are dual applications of the term vertex in this context.  I meant the shapes that are vertices of the graph that is the diagram, not the shapes that are the arcs of the same graph.

It's really hard to get a clear vocabulary since all the terms overlap so much.

Both shapes that are vertices of the graph that is the diagram, and the shapes that are the arcs of the same graph are UML Elements (although Sparx separates them prematurely - in my view).

Since the shapes (of both kinds) are also graphs, it's a bit recursive.  I use way-points for the shape vertices.

Paolo