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7.3.8, Classifier (from Kernel , Dependencies , PowerTypes ), on page 51
Classifier is extended with the capability to own collaboration uses. These collaboration uses link a collaboration with the
classifier to give a description of the workings of the classifier.
• collaborationUse: CollaborationUse References the collaboration uses owned by the classifier. (Subsets Element::ownedElement)
Issue 8456 -change ‘occurrence’ to ‘collaborationUse’
• representation: CollaborationUse [0..1] References a collaboration use which indicates the collaboration that represents
this classifier. (Subsets Classifier::collaborationUse)
A classifier can own collaboration uses that relate (aspects of) this classifier to a collaboration. The collaboration describes
those aspects of this classifier.
One of the collaboration uses owned by a classifier may be singled out as representing the behavior of the classifier as a
whole. The collaboration that is related to the classifier by this collaboration use shows how the instances corresponding
to the structural features of this classifier (e.g., its attributes and parts) interact to generate the overall behavior of
the classifier. The representing collaboration may be used to provide a description of the behavior of the classifier at a
different level of abstraction than is offered by the internal structure of the classifier. The properties of the classifier
are mapped to roles in the collaboration by the role bindings of the collaboration use.
See
CollaborationUse (from Collaborations ) on page 178
Issue 8109 -Fix typo.
Replaces and widens the applicability of Collaboration.usedCollaboration. Together with the newly introduced internal structure
concept replaces Collaboration.representedClassifier.