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UML25 — IsNull not Boolean

  • Key: UML25-294
  • Legacy Issue Number: 17873
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Model Driven Solutions ( Dr. Edward Willink)
  • Summary:

    IsNull not Boolean

  • Reported: UML 2.4.1 — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — UML 2.5
  • Disposition Summary:

    Presumably this issue is about the isNull operation of ValueSpecification. The definition of the operation is “The query
    isNull() returns true when it can be computed that the value is null.” The implication is that isNull returns true only if
    “it can be computed that the value is null”. In other cases, it always returns false. So the return multiplicity is correct.
    In any case, in practice this operation is overridden by subclasses of ValueSpecification in specific cases in which it
    can be computed (e.g., LiteralNull::isNull returns true).
    Disposition: Closed - No Change

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:59 GMT