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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#808080 size=2><SPAN
class=453200816-05052005>><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Is it also possible
to pass objects to an output port of a GReAT rule from within an Attribute
Mapping block?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=453200816-05052005>No. You can't do
that. You can pass along model objects found by the pattern matcher only.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=453200816-05052005>You can specify a
pattern only using classes and relations specified in the UML class diagram of
your domain(s)..</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
great-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:great-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Matthew J. Emerson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 05, 2005
11:02<BR><B>To:</B> great-users<BR><B>Subject:</B> [great-users] matching
archetypes<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to construct a GReAT
rule which takes as input a class and then if the input is a GME type-instance
outputs the instance’s archetype using the normal GReAT data flow ports. Then,
in a rule further downstream, I could bind to the archetype and do things with
it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I know that it’s possible to find
the archetype of a GME type-instance using the UDM APIs in side of an
AttributeMapping block. Is it also possible to pass objects to an output port
of a GReAT rule from within an Attribute Mapping
block?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Matt
Emerson</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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