Hello Anadiotis,

Tuesday, December 28, 2004, 12:29:03 PM, you wrote:

AG> Thank you very much for your reply, you pretty much covered my
AG> questions except for one which I think maybe was not understood
AG> correctly, regarding using MagicDraw for modelling.

AG> So, I'll try to re-phrase. My question was not 'how can I locate
AG> the dependency file andromda-profile-*.xml.zip when opening a
AG> prepackaged (e.g. Animal Quiz) sample' - this I have been
AG> succesful in, it's more or less obvious :) My question is rather
AG> 'how can I package my own model, using MagicDraw, so that it also
AG> makes use of the dependency file andromda-profile-*.xml.zip, in
AG> order to be able to model using predefined stereotypes etc that
AG> this file obviously includes'.

Ah, OK. MagicDraw has a concept called "modules". A model can be a
module and can be re-used by other models (or modules, as well). You
can create an entire hierarchy of modules.

To create a module, click the right mouse button on a package in the
containment tree. Select "Modules, Export module...".

To use a module that you have created, open another model and click
"File, Use Profile/Module".

That's it! The details are described in the online help file under
"Data Partitioning".

AG> And, as a minor question on your response, is one stereotype per
AG> class really ok? I mean, how about the case when you have a
AG> service class you also want to expose as web service - don't you
AG> have to use both <<Service>> and <<WebService>> for that?

Well, with "OK" I meant that UML 1.3 leaves you no choice - the
metamodel allows only one stereotype per model element. For "modern"
modeling, you occasionally need more than one stereotype per model
element.

Chad: Is there a way to avoid using two stereotypes like Service and
WebService? Just in case somebody *really* has the guts to develop UML
1.3 metafacades for AndroMDA, we should not keep him from using the
web services cartridge. :-)

AG> I'll also try to contact the MDE vendor and ask them whether they would
AG> consider upgrading their export support to UML 1.4 and get back to you
AG> on that if I get some good news.

Good! Keep us updated!

Cheers...
Matthias

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Matthias Bohlen

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