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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The ConnectionEnds in Connection::create represent the source and destination of the connection. BON::FCO inherits from ConnectionEnd. For example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>BON::Atom srcClass, dstClass;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>Connection conn = Connection::create(BON::Model(currentFCO), srcClass, dstClass, <span style='color:#A31515'>"Association"</span>);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For the UML paradigm, ConnectionEnds are equivalent to FCOs, since the UML paradigm has no refports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>An example of a BON2 interpreter is under C:\Program Files\GME\Paradigms\SF\BON2SFInterpreter, but this interpreter does not modify the model.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu [mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jae young Bang<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> gme-users<br><b>Subject:</b> [gme-users] Creation of a Connection<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to create a Connection from a plug-in, and I've got a question about the required attributes.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm using GME 9.12.15, and what I'm trying to do is to mimic a user's operation that creates an Association or a Composition Connection in the UML editor that comes with GME.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Below is what I've tried. If it is a completely wrong way to do this, please guide me to the right way ...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was able to create other objects by a line of code like:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>>> Atom atom (Atom::create(m, type));<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>where m is the parent model and type is the metatype of the new Atom.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I was able to update its relative ID, name, and attributes later to have the Atom that I wanted.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Now, I'm trying to create a Connection through a similar way, but I don't know what to pass as attributes to the creator function.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Connection Connection::create( <span style='color:#1738F5'>const</span> Model& parent, <span style='color:#1738F5'>const</span> ConnectionEnd& srcEnd, <span style='color:#1738F5'>const</span> ConnectionEnd& dstEnd, <span style='color:#1738F5'>const</span> MON::Connection& meta, <span style='color:#1738F5'>const</span> std::string& strRole )<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Above is one of the creators of Connection. There are a number of them, and all of them require a pair of ConnectionEnds as attributes. I don't get what they are...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If there is a piece of example code, would you please let me know where it is? Or, please let me know what ConnectionEnds are to use this function to create a Connection.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>~Jae<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>