v15.2 – Can’t create associationrole metaclass in profile

[Paolo F Cantoni]

For a very specific purpose, we are using the target stereotype on a specific form of connector.  We managed to create local stereotypes which we can use and they ended up being set (by EA) to the associationrole (as the base class in the dialog).  Having got it working with local stereotypes, we went to move the stereotypes to our profile.  Once we've moved them, we could fix the t_xref stereotypes entry to point to the profile instead of the local (and then delete the local stereotypes).

However, there doesn't seem to be any mechanism to create an associationrole metaclass from which to define the stereotype.  How can we create an associationrole stereotype in the profile?

Reported,
Paolo

[qwerty]

Good question. According to the documentation I would guess you can't.

q.

P.S. I tried using AssociationEnd in my profile but it's not recognized.

[Geert Bellekens]

I'm pretty sure I've seen this working in an profile once.
Not one of mine though.

I think technically it should extend Property, but I'm not sure if EA thinks like that as well.

Geert

[qwerty]

No, that does not work.

q.

P.S. Uh, wait. Another bug. I created Property from the wizard (I hate those wizards) and it placed a Part. So I tested with Part. Well, well, ...

P.P.S. And yes: that works! Could we have some official documentation for that? (And maybe a fix for that Part thingy?)

[Paolo F Cantoni]

No, that does not work.

q.

P.S. Uh, wait. Another bug. I created Property from the wizard (I hate those wizards) and it placed a Part. So I tested with Part. Well, well, ...

P.P.S. And yes: that works! Could we have some official documentation for that? (And maybe a fix for that Part thingy?)

Thanks, guys,
for the input.  So, is the upshot that I create a metaclass using the wizard, "Property" and then use the created "Part" metaclass to define the AssociationRole stereotype?

Glad I asked...

Paolo

[qwerty]

Not really. When you ask the wizard to create the Property it will produce a Part (One of those EA bugs, you know). Then you have to manually rename the mataclass to property. Alternatively you skip the wizard and createa a metaclass manually and name it Property.

I think it's weird that the AssociationEnd is of metatype Property. But InstanceSpecifications are Objects too - in EA.

q.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Not really. When you ask the wizard to create the Property it will produce a Part (One of those EA bugs, you know). Then you have to manually rename the metaclass to property. Alternatively, you skip the wizard and create a metaclass manually and name it Property.

I think it's weird that the AssociationEnd is of metatype Property. But InstanceSpecifications are Objects too - in EA.

q.

Yes, I was surprised that the stereotype's base class was an Association Role, particularly as I was adding it to a Dependency!

Paolo