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RobertThorburn

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Validation and Use Cases
« on: December 15, 2021, 09:32:06 am »
Hi, I am trying to use the validation tool (manage -> validate -> validate current package). All works fine except for use case diagrams where any  <<extend >> or <<include>> relationship between use cases generates two errors: "Include is not legal for Use Case A --> Use Case C" and "Invalid combination of source and target types for this connector type". This only occurs if "Relationship well-formedness" is one of the selected checks and occurs for both UML and SysML diagrams. In addition to my own diagrams, I also tried out the example that comes with EA and some that I downloaded but the issue persists. For the time being, I can of course just deselect that check but that's a bit pointless for future use with other models.
Does anybody know what's going on here or could you please give me some advice on how to fix this?
Thank you.
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Re: Validation and Use Cases
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2021, 06:57:45 pm »
It's probably a bug. I think I remember something about that in the early v15 days.

Have you tried with the latest version? If it is still an issue there, make sure to report a bug to sparx (see link on the bottom)

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Re: Validation and Use Cases
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2021, 08:33:45 pm »
Hi Geert
Thank you for the reply. I was 1 release behind and updated but unfortunately, that did not fix the issue. Will do a bug report now.

On a side note, found your site and will delve into your validator today as it might be just the ticket.

Rob
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Re: Validation and Use Cases
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2021, 11:01:57 pm »
Quote from: RobertThorburn on December 15, 2021, 08:33:45 pm
On a side note, found your site and will delve into your validator today as it might be just the ticket.

Rob
Cool, you'll need a fair bit of EA technical knowledge to write good validator queries, but it is pretty powerful as well.
Let me know if you need any help

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Re: Validation and Use Cases
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2021, 06:26:12 am »
Thanks Geert, that’s very kind of you.
I have a fairly simple model I am working with at the moment, but the “deep technical knowledge” is something I will have to work on.  By the by, is there a resource you would recommend for me to learn from?

Cheers

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Re: Validation and Use Cases
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2021, 04:11:19 pm »
Thomas' books should help: https://leanpub.com/u/thomaskilian

Geert
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