Re: Questions on metamodel example

[Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@tedis.com.au>]

i agree with Karsten. i found this walkthrough invaluable to a better
understanding of the metamodel.

is there going to be a follow-on?


Karsten Riemer - Sun IR Development wrote:

> Jim and Bob,
> Thanks for the walk-thru of the example.
> Sorry we ran out of time. We should schedule a continuation walk-thru.
> I continued through the example and have the following questions on the FSV:
>
> (In the following pardon my strange syntax. I am using ^^ to surround names of
> stereotypes because my mailer tries to interpret the double left and right
> brackets as mail directives, and returns the mail to me)
>
> Neither the Network Component Collaboration diagram or the Sequence diagram
> have stereotypes marked, so I may be guessing a little here, but:
>
> I see from Network Component class diagram that
> ProductionScheduler is a functional role (stereotype of a class)
> Shipper is a Organizational role (subtype of a functional role)
>
> I see from the unnamed diagram (number 11 in the guide) that
> ShipmentAuthorizationDocument  maps to a ShipmentAuthorization.
> ShipmentAuthorizationDocument is a ^^BusinessDocument^^ (stereotype of class)
> ShipmentAuthorization is a ^^commitment^^ (stereotype of class)
>
> Now I look at the the collaboration diagram and see that a ProductionScheduler
> sends a ShipmentAuthorization to a Shipper. So here a FunctionalRole sends a
> commitment to a OrganizationalRole. Is that the intention? Should it be a
> ShipmentAuthorizationDocument being sent?
>
> And concerning the mapping to UML:
> In a collaboration diagram the sender and receiver are ClassifierRoles and
> that which is sent is a Message. But in the example, if we use the underlying
> UML structures underneath the stereotypes, then a class sends a class to a
> class. Is that the intention, or should the stereotypes actually be mapped to
> ClassifierRole and Message (and AssociationRole)?
>
> The basis of this question is whether the intention is to use the UML
> collaboration model that the collaboration diagram normally maps to, or
> whether we are simply using the collaboration diagram for convenience and will
> constrain or otherwise map it to the "class" based stereotypes?
>
> A separate question is the use of the word "Business Action".
> On the business action class diagram ShipmentAuthorizationAction is a
> ^^BusinessAction^^. I cannot find that stereotype defined anywhere in the
> metamodel. Should it be ^^BusinessActionMessage^^?
>
> Thanks in advance for your clarifications.
>
> -karsten
>
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