Creating an Operation

You can create an operation from the property sheet of, or in the Browser under, a class or interface.

You can create the following types of operation in a class or interface:

For general information about creating objects, see Core Features Guide > The PowerDesigner Interface > Objects.

• Creating a User-Defined Operation
  You can create your own operations from the Operations tab of a classifier.
• Creating a Standard Operation
  PowerDesigner can create standard operations for your classifiers using tools on the classifier property sheet Operations tab.
• Inheriting and Overriding Operations from Parent Classifiers
  PowerDesigner lets you view and override operations inherited from parent classes from the child class property sheet Operations tab.
• Creating an Implementation Operation
  When you create a realization link between a class and an interface, the class must implement all the operations of the interface.
• Copying an Operation to Another Class
  You can copy an operation from one class and add it to another. If the class already contains an operation with the same name or code as the copied operation, the copied operation is renamed. For example the operation testPort is renamed testPort2 when it is copied to a class which already contains an operation testPort.