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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: Edward Stow on March 26, 2009, 12:14:07 pm

Title: Classifier Symbols: Hide All But Name Compartment
Post by: Edward Stow on March 26, 2009, 12:14:07 pm

Hi,
UML classifier symbols (Class symbols etc) can consist of only the name compartment.  I find this very useful when I want to hide the detail during conceptual modelling and adding a class from an external package for example.

I would like to be able to hide  the extra compartment from class symbols that EA by default displays.

Refer to http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.2/Superstructure/PDF/
Figure 7.28 (pdf page 67) for examples of the class notation with only the name compartment.
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Edward Stow

Title: Re: Classifier Symbols: Hide All But Name Compartm
Post by: Geert Bellekens on March 26, 2009, 05:11:22 pm

Vote!

Title: Re: Classifier Symbols: Hide All But Name Compartm
Post by: «Midnight» on March 26, 2009, 09:35:19 pm

Oh yes please!

I've asked for this in the deep dark past, but to no avail. Now that UML 2.2 (more publicly) contemplates this notation, perhaps it is time for EA to provide for it.

Title: Re: Classifier Symbols: Hide All But Name Compartm
Post by: Edward Stow on March 31, 2009, 09:02:04 am

UML  (from UML 0.8 to my knowledge) has allowed class / classifier symbols with only the name compartment.   The UML tool that I am most familiar (Rational Rose) supported this notation from the very start.
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Edward

Title: Re: Classifier Symbols: Hide All But Name Compartm
Post by: «Midnight» on March 31, 2009, 11:38:01 pm

Yes Edward, that has always been a valid notation option.