Modeling with Technology FrameWork

Focus objects and content functions
Connecting paragraphs To connect a paragraph to the paragraph that follows it in the same
preface, chapter, or section:
1 In the Report Layout Diagram Tools tool folder, click and hold
on the Next Paragraph tool.
2 Drag onto the paragraph that comes first and release the mouse
button. Then click on the following paragraph.
Focus objects and content functions
Focus objects Most paragraph types require you to specify a focus object. This
is the object FrameWork uses as a starting point for retrieving
information to display in the paragraph.
Note
If the focus object for a paragraph can be a metamodel class,
the form FrameWork provides for the paragraph type has a
separate field in which you need to specify the class.
Content functions A content function identifies an association end, attribute, or
query that FrameWork evaluates to retrieve information for
display in a paragraph. FrameWork can evaluate the function
either on a focus object or on the result of a previous function
evaluation.
Content function
information
Content functions are reusable. In other words, once you create a
content function, you can use it in the specification of multiple
paragraphs.
You can supply the following information for a content function:
■ The function (that is, the association end, attribute, or query)
assigned to it. This information is required for all content
functions.
■ An alias. The alias can be the same as or similar to the name of
the content function or its assigned function. For some
paragraph types, FrameWork uses the alias to label
information retrieved by the assigned function in the generated
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