Modeling with Technology FrameWork

Arguments
Arguments
■ Methods identify the behaviors, or implementations, of an
operation. An operation can have multiple methods. To show
the details of a method, you can build a process or process step
model and anchor it to the method.
Defining arguments To specify the arguments for an operation, you use the Basic
Operation Information form. On this form, you can name each
argument and identify the class of objects that can be assigned to it.
When you use FrameWork to generate code, this class is used as
the data type of the argument. If you want, you can also provide an
initial value for each argument.
Methods
Method domains The domain of each method (that is, the class of objects it applies
to) for an operation must be either the base class of the operation or
a subclass of the base class. Additionally, the domain must be
different for each method.
Creating multiple methods
for an operation
FrameWork uses the combination of the operation and domain to
uniquely identify each method you create. As a result, when adding
multiple methods to an operation, you need to specify the domain of
each one as you add it. Otherwise, when you try to create the next
method, it will initially have the same domain class (none) as an
existing one and FrameWork will disallow the creation.
Creating a method and connecting it to its domain class
To create a method and connect it to its domain class:
1 In the Method Tools tool folder, click and hold on the Method
tool.
2 Drag to your operation diagram window and release the mouse
button where you want to place the method graphic.
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