PowerDesigner can create standard operations for your classifiers using tools on the classifier property sheet Operations tab.
- Open the property sheet of your classifier and click the Operations tab.
- Click the Add... tool, and select the type of standard operation you want to add:
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Default Constructor/Destructor - to perform initialization/cleanup for classifiers. You can add parameters afterwards.
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Copy Constructor - to copy the attributes of a class instance to initialize another instance.
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Initializer/Static Initializer- [Java only] to initialize a class before any constructor.
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Duplicate Operation - to create and initialize an instance of a class within the class.
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Activate/Deactivate Operations - [PowerBuilder only]
The operation is added to the list. Some or all of its properties will be dimmed to indicate that they are uneditable.
- [optional] Select the operation and then click the Properties tool to add parameters to it or otherwise complete its definition.
- Add other operations as necessary, or click OK to close the property sheet and return to your model.
