Class UML 2.3::PackageImport

Description:

A package import is a relationship that allows the use of unqualified names to refer to package members from other namespaces.

Direct Superclasses: DirectedRelationship

Direct Subclasses:

Class Precedence List: PackageImport, DirectedRelationship, Relationship, Element

Properties:

importedPackage : Package (1 1); -- source PackageImport
importingNamespace : Namespace (1 1); -- source PackageImport
visibility : VisibilityKind (1 1); -- source PackageImport

Specifies the visibility of the imported PackageableElements within the importing Namespace, i.e., whether imported elements will in turn be visible to other packages that use that importingPackage as an importedPackage. If the PackageImport is public, the imported elements will be visible outside the package, while if it is private they will not.
Default value: PUBLIC

source : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship
target : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship

Specifies the targets of the DirectedRelationship.
{readonly}
Derived union with sources: (importedPackage)
Subsets: Relationship.relatedElement

relatedElement : Element (1 *); -- source Relationship
ownedComment : Comment (0 *); -- source Element
ownedElement : Element (0 *); -- source Element

The Elements owned by this element.
{composite, readonly}
Derived union with sources: (ownedComment)
Opposite: Element.owner

owner : Element (0 1); -- source Element

The Element that owns this element.
{readonly}
Derived union with sources: (importingNamespace)
Opposite: Element.ownedElement

Constraints:

Signature: CMOF_14_3_7c() : Boolean;
Description: see also: https://sites.google.com/site/metamodelingantipatterns/catalog/mof/package-import-is-not-public
Expression: visibility = VisibilityKind::public

Signature: public_or_private() : Boolean;
Description: The visibility of a PackageImport is either public or private.
Expression: self.visibility = #public or self.visibility = #private

Operations:

No additional operations.

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