Creating profiles

Creating a profile

The creation of a profile is the very first operation to carry out after creating an MDA component.

Profiles, which are specific packages dedicated to structuring UML extensions, can be created by clicking on the icon from the “Profiles” folder inside the MDA component.

A profile is linked to a reference metamodel. The current version of MDA Modeler provides the Objecteering metamodel, which supports version 2.0 of UML.

To create a new profile, simply carry out the steps:

1. In the explorer, select the “Profiles” folder inside an MDA component.

2. Click on the icon. The “Profile” window then appears.

3. Name your profile.

4. Click on “OK” to confirm.

After confirmation of the information entered, the following elements are created:

· a package stereotyped “profile” with the name entered in the “Name" field of the "Profile" dialog box

· a dependency stereotyped “referencedMetamodel”, linking the profile and the “Objecteering” metamodel

· a dependency linking the profile and the “ObjecteeringTypes” package, so as to have access to the types necessary to the definition of parameters

· a static diagram named “Overview of XXX profile” linked to the profile

The “Profile” window

Figure 81. The “Profile” window

Key:

· “Name”: This field is used to enter the name of the profile you are about to create.

Toolbar

The icons appearing in the “MDA” tab of the auxiliary window can be used to run the following commands:

Icon	Description
	This icon is used to open this page.
	This icon is used to create/update diagrams, even if the “Create/update MDA diagrams automatically” option is deactivated.
	This icon is used to generate documentation of the profile.
	This icon is used to view the generated documentation.
	This icon is used to check that the profile has been correctly modeled.