Class UML 2.5::ElementImport

Description:

An ElementImport identifies a NamedElement in a Namespace other than the one that owns that NamedElement and allows the NamedElement to be referenced using an unqualified name in the Namespace owning the ElementImport.

Direct Superclasses: DirectedRelationship

Direct Subclasses:

Class Precedence List: ElementImport, DirectedRelationship, Relationship, Element

Properties:

alias : String (0 1); -- source ElementImport

Specifies the name that should be added to the importing Namespace in lieu of the name of the imported PackagableElement. The alias must not clash with any other member in the importing Namespace. By default, no alias is used.

importedElement : PackageableElement (1 1); -- source ElementImport
importingNamespace : Namespace (1 1); -- source ElementImport
visibility : VisibilityKind (1 1); -- source ElementImport
source : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship
target : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship

Specifies the target Element(s) of the DirectedRelationship.
{readonly}
Derived union with sources: (importedElement)
Subsets: Relationship.relatedElement

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

Constraints:

Signature: CMOF_14_3_7b() : Boolean;
Description: see also: https://sites.google.com/site/metamodelingantipatterns/catalog/mof/element-import-is-not-public see also: https://sites.google.com/site/metamodelingantipatterns/catalog/mof/element-import-has-alias
Expression: visibility = VisibilityKind::public and alias->isEmpty()

Operations:

Signature: getName() : String;
Description: The query getName() returns the name under which the imported PackageableElement will be known in the importing namespace.
Expression: result = (if alias->notEmpty() then alias else importedElement.name endif)

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