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  • 25 September 2013 at 4:07 pm #7051
    Ken Norcross
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    I do not see the Enumeration type available in the type lists?

    (Actually most of the types in the “Class” toolbox do not seem to be available)

    For Domain/Entity/Concept modeling I tend to use Enumerations to describe fixed values for attributes. I guess I can switch styles and use a Class stereotyped as <>, which was my older style, but since Sparx started supporting Enumeration directly I have tended to use their Enumeration type.

    26 September 2013 at 9:18 am #7052
    eadocX Support
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    I think I know why.
    In recent years, EA has started to blur the boundary between an element type (which is definitively described in the otObjectType enum) and a stereotype.
    So, when EA lists what is describes as ‘Element Types’, in many places, that’s a mixture of true element types – like ‘Class’ – and common stereotypes – like <>Class.
    There’s no obvious pattern to when EA does this, so eaDocX has no choice but to take a strict view of element types vs. stereotypes.
    Element Types are the values which appear in the Object_Type column of t_object, and no others are allowed.
    Stereotypes are everything else.
    So, to print <    >Class elements, create a Profile for that stereotype, and I’m confident that all will be joy and happiness.

    26 September 2013 at 1:28 pm #7053
    Ken Norcross
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    Yes EA has the concept of a “Metatype” that seems to be a stereotype that gets treated by parts of EA as a first class Type.

    I will try your suggestion, thanks.

    18 September 2014 at 1:44 pm #7054
    Guillaume Finance
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    I’d like to use the Enumeration type with eaXL, however this type is not supported nor listed in the Elements tab.
    Enumeration exists in the t_objectypes table, and used in the t_object.Object_Type column (if you create an Enumeration element from the UML Class toolbox).

    Based on your explanation I would expect Enumeration to be listed, which is not. Could this be a quick fix in eaXL?

    Thanks

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