Copy an element from one package to an other

[VaGen]

Hello forum,

From an addin, I'd like to copy an element (class, actor, ...) from 1 package to an other package.
I really want to "clone" / "duplicate" the source element (with all operations, attributes, ...).
I don't wan't any links between the src & dst elements.

I did not find any way in EA help to perform such an operation and a look in the forum did not help,

Thanks in advance for any tips

[Ondrej Kolenaty]

Hello, I guess that Your only option is to create a new element and copy value of each read/write property, which You find in reference part of help. Also You should not ommit attributes, scenarios, tagged values etc.

[Eve]

On a diagram.
Copy (Ctrl+C)
On a diagram in the target package.
Paste as New (Ctrl+Shift+V)

[Geert Bellekens]

Simon, since this is the "Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools" forum I guess VaGen was looking for a way to do this using the API.

I think Ondrej is right, you'll need to create a new element and copy everything you need to the new element.
The only other option I can think of is to
- create a new package,
- move the element into that new package,
- export the package to XMI
- Import the package from XMI with option "strip GUIDs"
- move the source element back from where it came
- move the target element to a suitable location
- delete the temporary packages.

But I think I would go for the first option.

Geert