automatically show inherited associations

[Robert Bleiker]

Situation: 3 classes, class A has an association to class B, subclass A1 has a generalization to class A. Now a class diagramm is created containing only B and A1.

Question: Is there a way to make EA automatically draw the inherited association between B and A1 (and also for compositions/aggregations)?

[Robert Sheridan]

If you right click on an element on a diagram and select 'Add' one of the options is related element which will add all elements related to the selected element.  Additionally you can set the depth, type of element and type of connector.

Robert

[Geert Bellekens]

No, EA will never show an association between A1 and B if that association doesn't exist.

So if you want to show that on your diagram you should put A on the diagram as well.

You could also create a "redefined" association, but that is not really the same. Redefinition is normally done only when something (like a constraint) is changed. (similar to overriding an operation)

Geert

[Robert Bleiker]

Thanks for both answers. Add elements is also useful to me and now I can stop searching what EA doesn't have.

[g.makulik]

Thanks for both answers. Add elements is also useful to me and now I can stop searching what EA doesn't have.

UML doesn't provide such concept, it's not a thing EA just misses.

Best regards,
Günther