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  1. OMG Issue

UML25 — Opposite ends of derived unions should be derived unions

  • Key: UML25-655
  • Legacy Issue Number: 17172
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Oracle ( Dave Hawkins)
  • Summary:

    Action::inputPin and Action::outputPin are both derived unions. Both also have opposite association owned ends that are not derived. While I don't think the metamodel is actually incorrect, those owned ends are implicitly derived unions too. So I think it would make more sense to make that explicit.

    I've just picked two examples, however I believe there are more in the specification.

  • Reported: UML 2.4.1 — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — UML 2.5
  • Disposition Summary:

    The FTF agrees that the other ends ought to be derived unions. Because all cases of this are associationowned
    ends, this does not affect serialization. There are ten cases of this in the metamodel, which are the
    opposite ends for:
    DirectedRelationship::source
    DirectedRelationship::target
    Classifier::attribute
    StructuredClassifier::role
    Action::input
    Action::output
    RedefinableElement::redefinedElement
    RedefinableElement::redefinitionContext
    Namespace::member
    Relationship::relatedElement

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