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Stereotypes |
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Stereotypes is quite another story. In order to create a stereotype |
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one should create a Profile. Within this profile a Diagram can be created. |
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This diagram should accept only items that are useful within a profile: |
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- Classes, which will function as <<metaclass>>. |
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- Stereotype, which wil be the defined <<stereotypes>>. |
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- Extensions, connecting metaclasses and stereotypes. |
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and of course the usual: Comment, Association, Generalization and Dependency. |
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Thoughts: |
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- Profiles are reusable and its common to share them with different models. |
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- Stereotypes can only be owned by Profiles, not by (normal) Packages. |
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- We have to do a lookup if a MetaClass is actually part of the model. |
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- a stereotype can contain an image, that can be used in stead of its name |
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- Profiles should be saved with the model too. And iit should be possible to |
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"update" a profile within a model. |
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Maybe it would be nice to create Stereotypes without creating the diagrams. |
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Via a dialog once can select which class (Operation, Class, etc.) is |
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stereotyped, which extra constraints apply and/or if you inherit from an |
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already existing stereotype. This way it's easy to save your stereotypes |
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apart from the model (and possibly in the model too) so they can be reused |
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in other models. |
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I could create a special diagram window too that can be used to create |
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profiles. Profiles should be added to packages within the model. |
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This window should contain: |
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1. Name of the stereotype |
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2. Metaclass it applies to (Class, Operation, etc.) |
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3. If it is a subclass of an already existing metaclass |
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4. Constraints |
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5. Description |
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6. The profile it belongs to. |
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When a stereotype is used, an instance is created of the Stereotype |
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(meta)class. This is not really possible for our application. Gaphor should |
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figure out another way to do this. Should check XMI and see how they do it |
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(maybe a property is enough). |
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It looks like the stereotypes are more a concept than something that is |
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implementable in an application. The point is that the stereotypes you define |
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(instances of Stereotype) should be instantiated in your model when you create |
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a stereotyped class. |
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There is BTW no way to connect a stereotype with a class other than an |
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Association. |
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