Class UML 2.5::Connector

Description:

A Connector specifies links that enables communication between two or more instances. In contrast to Associations, which specify links between any instance of the associated Classifiers, Connectors specify links between instances playing the connected parts only.

Direct Superclasses: Feature

Direct Subclasses:

Class Precedence List: Connector, Feature, RedefinableElement, NamedElement, Element

Properties:

contract : Behavior (0 *); -- source Connector
end : ConnectorEnd (2 *); -- source Connector
kind : ConnectorKind (1 1); -- source Connector
redefinedConnector : Connector (0 *); -- source Connector

A Connector may be redefined when its containing Classifier is specialized. The redefining Connector may have a type that specializes the type of the redefined Connector. The types of the ConnectorEnds of the redefining Connector may specialize the types of the ConnectorEnds of the redefined Connector. The properties of the ConnectorEnds of the redefining Connector may be replaced.
Subsets: RedefinableElement.redefinedElement

type : Association (0 1); -- source Connector
featuringClassifier : Classifier (0 1); -- source Feature
isStatic : Boolean (1 1); -- source Feature
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
visibility : VisibilityKind (0 1); -- source NamedElement
ownedComment : Comment (0 *); -- source Element
ownedElement : Element (0 *); -- source Element
owner : Element (0 1); -- source Element

Constraints:

No additional constraints.

Operations:

Signature: kind.1() : ConnectorKind;
Description: Derivation for Connector::/kind : ConnectorKind
Expression: result = (if end->exists( role.oclIsKindOf(Port) and partWithPort->isEmpty() and not role.oclAsType(Port).isBehavior) then ConnectorKind::delegation else ConnectorKind::assembly endif)

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