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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: safanth on May 21, 2010, 04:47:54 pm

Title: How to reuse defined elements among projects?
Post by: safanth on May 21, 2010, 04:47:54 pm

Hello,

I am new to using EA and try to achieve the following:

I'd like to define classes and datatypes and reuse those as predined classes/datatypes within other projects.

For example, I'd like to define a class named CMoneyValue, store that as a central reusable repository for any other project in EA. A new EA project could define a class and assign CMoneyValue to one of it's attributes.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks,
Simon

Title: Re: How to reuse defined elements among projects?
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on May 21, 2010, 04:53:01 pm

Hi Simon,

You create a package to hold the common elements.  You can then export it from one repository and import it into another.

The import function includes the checkbox [  ] Strip GUIDs - this must not be marked if you wish to identify the same element in all the repositories in the same way...

HTH,
Paolo

Title: Re: How to reuse defined elements among projects?
Post by: safanth on May 21, 2010, 05:05:27 pm

Thank Paolo,

I tried it and I got that working indeed!

I do have a couple of follow up question though:

1) Is it possible to protect the imported definitions so they can be used to assign but not altered?
2) Is it possible to do the same for: Stereotypes?
3) Is it possible to do the smae for styles (colors)?

Title: Re: How to reuse defined elements among projects?
Post by: Geert Bellekens on May 21, 2010, 05:18:11 pm

To protect the shared elements I've found it best to use integration with version control.

Geert