Component Instance Properties

To view or edit a component instance's properties, double-click its diagram symbol or Browser or list entry. The property sheet tabs and fields listed here are those available by default, before any customization of the interface by you or an administrator.

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property

Description

Name/Code/Comment

Identify the object. The name should clearly convey the object's purpose to non-technical users, while the code, which is used for generating code or scripts, may be abbreviated, and should not normally include spaces. You can optionally add a comment to provide more detailed information about the object. By default the code is generated from the name by applying the naming conventions specified in the model options. To decouple name-code synchronization, click to release the = button to the right of the Code field.

Stereotype

Extends the semantics of the object beyond the core UML definition. You can enter a stereotype directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in an extension file.

Cardinality

Specific number of occurrences that the component instance can have, for example: 0...1.

Component

Component of which the component instance is an instance. If you change the component name in this box, the name of the component instance is updated in the model.

Component type

Read-only box that shows the type of the component from which the component instance is coming.

Web service

Indicates that the component instance is an instance of a Web service component.

Keywords

Provide a way of loosely grouping objects through tagging. To enter multiple keywords, separate them with commas.

If you want to list all component instances of a component, click the Component Instances tabbed page in the Dependencies tab of the component property sheet.