Service Provider and Interface Checks

PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of service providers and interfaces.

Check

Description and Correction

Name/Code contains terms not in glossary

[if glossary enabled] Names and codes must contain only approved terms drawn from the glossary.
  • Manual correction - Modify the name or code to contain only glossary terms.
  • Automatic correction - None.

Name/Code contains synonyms of glossary terms

[if glossary enabled] Names and codes must not contain synonyms of glossary terms.
  • Manual correction - Modify the name or code to contain only glossary terms.
  • Automatic correction - Replaces synonyms with their associated glossary terms.

Name/Code uniqueness

Object names must be unique in the namespace.
  • Manual correction - Modify the duplicate name or code.
  • Automatic correction - Appends a number to the duplicate name or code.

Empty service provider / interface

Each service provider must contain at least one interface, and each interface must contain at least one operation.
  • Manual correction: Create a service interface in the Interfaces tab of the service provider property sheet or an operation in the Operations tab of the service interface property sheet.
  • Automatic correction: None.