Extending existing elements with tags and attributes

[MarcinG]

Hi,

is there an easy way of extending/stereotyping existing elements e.g. UML Component with custom tags and/or attributes, in a way that each new Component element of given stereotype would inherit the list of defined attributes/tags ?
I did try to follow this article, but it is quite inacurate.  Also, tried using metaclasses with a base class of a Component, but still failed.  Help  please.

[qwerty]

Well, defining a profile with stereotypes (and putting that in a MDG) would be the way to go. The article you linked is just a special case so it would be guesswork for what you did wrong. IIRC you can also use template packaged to create TVs. I wouldn't recommend that, though.

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[Sunshine]

Creating a new MDG profile is the way to go but its never been as easy as it should be. Sparx Systems have attempted to make it easier by creating Profile helpers which I've not used as the profiles I've created were done before this was available.
All the info you need can be found in this guide.
https://www.sparxsystems.com/resources/user-guides/15.2/modeling/mdg-technologies.pdf
In summary you'll need to create 3 profiles and generated MDG

• Stereotype Profile with tag values
• Toolbox Profile on which you can add stereotypes and drag them onto a diagram
• Diagram Profile to hook the toolbox onto
• Generate the MDG with the profiles

Expect to take a couple of days trying to follow this and fixing errors.

I've know some take an alterative approach of defining stereotypes in the model then creating JavaScript/VBScript scripts to add the tag values to elements with stereotype. However that will like take a couple of days for people who aren't familiar with scripting in EA but have some knowledge of those languages. But it isn't recommended as its a bit of a hack.

Hope that helps.

[MarcinG]

Thank you all, I will give it a shot and keep digging.