Creation of stereotyped ports at an element

[McMannus]

Hi guys,

I am constantly getting the "Invalid Type" error when trying to add a stereotyped port to an element programmatically. The stereotype is defined in a profile and has the _metatype attribute set correctly. Whether I use the Elements or EmbeddedElements collection doesn't matter, the error is the same.

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IDualCollection instanceElements = newElementInstance.EmbeddedElements;
IDualElement newPort = (IDualElement)instanceElements.AddNew(currPort.Name, profileName + "::" + currPort.Stereotype);
Any ideas?

[qwerty]

I guess the stereotype is invalid. Have you tried to use just "Port" for a test?

q.

[McMannus]

Good morning,

since both collections Element.Elements and Element.EmbeddedElements are readonly, this does not mean, that you cannot invoke methods like AddNew on them. The funny thing is that it works if I use the EA type "Port" instead of the qualified classifier, however the stereotype is then omitted. Setting it afterwards works (but only with Element.StereotypeEx), but I was just curious why directly providing the stereotype does not work only with stereotypes extending Part or Port, while this works with all other meta-class stereotypes, I am using.

[qwerty]

IF you re-read my post you see I found it was a wrong shot

I'll see whether I can try with a stereotyped port later.

q.

P.S. The following snippet worked with no issue:

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my $e1 = $rep->GetElementByGUID("{0FF00F45-BF2D-4d25-8E38-BFB02D36BD58}");
my $p = $e1->EmbeddedElements->AddNew("test", "SoaML::requestPoint");
$p->Update();