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String attribute as a connection [message #236007]

Fri, 10 July 2009 13:49

Nikola Milikic

Messages: 10
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hello everyone,

I would highly appreciate if someone could help me.

Thing I wanted to do is next:

I have 2 abstract classes A and B, and C and D extends them both. Since B
represents constraints, it has String attribute 'requires'.

I would like in the editor to be able to make a connection between two
instances of A's subclasses (C and D, or C and C'...) which would indicate
that C 'requires' D, in other words to fill C's attribute 'requires' with
value 'D', and vice versa, to fill D's attribute with value C.

It is a bit complicated because of this abstract classes, but I need to
have them because of some other dependencies.

My question is: is it possible to do something like this and does anyone
have any suggestion how to do it?

Thanks very much in advance at least for your time reading this.

Regards,
Nikola

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Re: String attribute as a connection [message #236026 is a reply to message #236007]

Fri, 10 July 2009 14:12

Alexander Shatalin

Messages: 2928
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hello Nikola,

Can you use a reference (instead of String "requires" attribute)? And ..
looks like you have to create common superclass for A and B.. (to let B reference
instances of this sulerclass or you can use A as a type of this reference).

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Alex Shatalin

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Re: String attribute as a connection [message #236080 is a reply to message #236026]

Mon, 13 July 2009 10:05

Nikola Milikic

Messages: 10
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Alex, thank you very much for a quick response.

I know that it would be easier if those are references instead of String
attribute, but I didn't want to change the model, because some other stuff
are using it too. But it looks that I will need to do the modifications
after all.

Thanks again.

Nikola Milikic

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