Metaconstraint between different profiles

[qwerty]

While I managed to create metaconstraints between elements of my own profile, I wonder how to do that between different profiles. Especially if I have own profile elements hookes up with standard UML elements. (Though I'm going on to mix several elixirs in the hope of the right pooof I appreaciate any hints here.)

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[Geert Bellekens]

Just add them as stereotype with their fully qualified name.

You can do that easily for build-in MDG's using the add metatype helper (but you are not a big fan of the helpers are you?)

Geert

[qwerty]

I tried adding one that way, but it did not work. I'll poke around a bit more.

Yes, I don't like Clippy and its comrades. However, I will have a look. Probably I have to recover from current pains a bit more before doing so.

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[qwerty]

Ah, got it. It's possible to draw the constraint to the metaclass. So rather to UML::ActivityInitial I use the extending metaclass. Probably that would allow any profile extending it being the source. Well, I can sort of live with that. It's EA, still.

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[KP]

Just add them as stereotype with their fully qualified name.

...and set to abstract

[qwerty]

Hu, abstract. I never would have found that by myself. Thanks! I'll give that a try.

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[qwerty]

So i fought that windmill. It still swings its arms :-(

I added a FQN stereo to my profile and made it abstract. From this stereotype I drew a stereotyped relationship to one of my stereotypes. Once exported, the XML does not show any difference. Does Not Work.

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[KP]

So i fought that windmill. It still swings its arms :-(

I added a FQN stereo to my profile and made it abstract. From this stereotype I drew a stereotyped relationship to one of my stereotypes. Once exported, the XML does not show any difference. Does Not Work.

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The abstract external stereotype needs to be the target of whatever constraint you are creating, not the source. You are adding constraints to your own stereotypes, not the external ones.

[qwerty]

Hmm, I'm puzzled. I assumed the arrow to give the direction as to which a connector can be created and hence the _Meaning* attributes to be pulled out. With your advice that would prove to be incorrect. But then, how would I tell which way to read forward and backward??

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P.S. I confirm that the above works. But now it only offers the connector the wrong way around. I want it to go from the external stereo to my own.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Hmm, I'm puzzled. I assumed the arrow to give the direction as to which a connector can be created and hence the _Meaning* attributes to be pulled out. With your advice that would prove to be incorrect. But then, how would I tell which way to read forward and backward??

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P.S. I confirm that the above works. But now it only offers the connector the wrong way around. I want it to go from the external stereo to my own.

We use stereotyped relationship for that.  We create a stereotype with the FQN of the external and then use the stereotyped relationship to it from the internal one.

Paolo

[qwerty]

Seems pretty obvious

Thanks!

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