Class UML 2.4.1::Stereotype

Description:

A stereotype defines how an existing metaclass may be extended, and enables the use of platform or domain specific terminology or notation in place of, or in addition to, the ones used for the extended metaclass.

Direct Superclasses: Class

Direct Subclasses:

Class Precedence List: Stereotype, Class, EncapsulatedClassifier, StructuredClassifier, BehavioredClassifier, Classifier, Namespace, Type, PackageableElement, ParameterableElement, RedefinableElement, NamedElement, TemplateableElement, Element

Properties:

icon : Image (0 *); -- source Stereotype
profile : Profile (1 1); -- source Stereotype
extension : Extension (0 *); -- source Class
isAbstract : Boolean (1 1); -- source Class
isActive : Boolean (1 1); -- source Class
nestedClassifier : Classifier (0 *); -- source Class
ownedAttribute : Property (0 *); -- source Class
ownedOperation : Operation (0 *); -- source Class
ownedReception : Reception (0 *); -- source Class
superClass : Class (0 *); -- source Class
ownedPort : Port (0 *); -- source EncapsulatedClassifier
ownedConnector : Connector (0 *); -- source StructuredClassifier

References the connectors owned by the classifier.
{composite}
Subsets: Classifier.feature, Namespace.ownedMember

part : Property (0 *); -- source StructuredClassifier
role : ConnectableElement (0 *); -- source StructuredClassifier
classifierBehavior : Behavior (0 1); -- source BehavioredClassifier
interfaceRealization : InterfaceRealization (0 *); -- source BehavioredClassifier
ownedBehavior : Behavior (0 *); -- source BehavioredClassifier
attribute : Property (0 *); -- source Classifier
collaborationUse : CollaborationUse (0 *); -- source Classifier
feature : Feature (0 *); -- source Classifier
generalization : Generalization (0 *); -- source Classifier
inheritedMember : NamedElement (0 *); -- source Classifier
isFinalSpecialization : Boolean (1 1); -- source Classifier
ownedTemplateSignature : RedefinableTemplateSignature (0 1); -- source Classifier
ownedUseCase : UseCase (0 *); -- source Classifier
powertypeExtent : GeneralizationSet (0 *); -- source Classifier
redefinedClassifier : Classifier (0 *); -- source Classifier
representation : CollaborationUse (0 1); -- source Classifier
substitution : Substitution (0 *); -- source Classifier
templateParameter : ClassifierTemplateParameter (0 1); -- source Classifier
useCase : UseCase (0 *); -- source Classifier
elementImport : ElementImport (0 *); -- source Namespace
importedMember : PackageableElement (0 *); -- source Namespace
member : NamedElement (0 *); -- source Namespace
ownedMember : NamedElement (0 *); -- source Namespace
ownedRule : Constraint (0 *); -- source Namespace
packageImport : PackageImport (0 *); -- source Namespace
package : Package (0 1); -- source Type
visibility : VisibilityKind (1 1); -- source PackageableElement
owningTemplateParameter : TemplateParameter (0 1); -- source ParameterableElement
isLeaf : Boolean (1 1); -- source RedefinableElement
redefinedElement : RedefinableElement (0 *); -- source RedefinableElement
redefinitionContext : Classifier (0 *); -- source RedefinableElement
clientDependency : Dependency (0 *); -- source NamedElement
name : String (0 1); -- source NamedElement
nameExpression : StringExpression (0 1); -- source NamedElement
namespace : Namespace (0 1); -- source NamedElement
qualifiedName : String (0 1); -- source NamedElement
templateBinding : TemplateBinding (0 *); -- source TemplateableElement
ownedComment : Comment (0 *); -- source Element
ownedElement : Element (0 *); -- source Element
owner : Element (0 1); -- source Element

Constraints:

Signature: name_not_clash() : Boolean;
Description: Stereotype names should not clash with keyword names for the extended model element.
Expression: true

Signature: generalize() : Boolean;
Description: A Stereotype may only generalize or specialize another Stereotype.
Expression: generalization.general->forAll(e |e.oclIsKindOf(Stereotype)) and generalization.specific->forAll(e | e.oclIsKindOf(Stereotype))

Signature: binaryAssociationsOnly() : Boolean;
Description: Stereotypes may only participate in binary associations.
Expression: ownedAttribute.association->forAll(memberEnd->size()=2)

Signature: associationEndOwnership() : Boolean;
Description: Where a stereotype s property is an association end for an association other than a kind of extension, and the other end is not a stereotype, the other end must be owned by the association itself.
Expression: ownedAttribute ->select(association->notEmpty() and not association.oclIsKindOf(Extension) and not type.oclIsKindOf(Stereotype)) ->forAll(opposite.owner = association)

Operations:

Signature: profile.1() : Profile;
Description: A stereotype must be contained, directly or indirectly, in a profile.
Expression: result = self.containingProfile()

Signature: containingProfile() : Profile;
Description: The query containingProfile returns the closest profile directly or indirectly containing this stereotype.
The OCL used here is not normative.
Editor's notes: Rewritten to stop recursion if namespace is a Profile.
Expression: if self.namespace.oclIsKindOf(Profile) then self.namespace else self.namespace.oclAsType(Package).containingProfile() endif
Original: result = (self.namespace.oclAsType(Package).containingProfile())

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