public interface Grouping extends CompositeElement
The grouping element is used to group an arbitrary group of concepts (elements and/or relationships), which can be of the same type or of different types. The aggregation relationship is used to link the grouping element to the grouped concepts.
Concepts may be aggregated by multiple (overlapping) groups.
All types of relationships (apart from aggregation or composition) may exist from or to a grouping:
One useful way of employing grouping is for modeling Architecture and Solution Building Blocks (ABBs and SBBs), as described in the TOGAF framework.
Another useful application of grouping is for modeling domains. For example, the TOGAF framework Glossary of Supplementary Definition (Section A.40) defines Information Domain as: "grouping of information (or data entities) by a set of criteria such as security classification, ownership, location, etc. In the context of security, Information Domains are defined as a set of users, their information objects, and a security policy".
Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
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static java.lang.String |
MNAME
The metaclass simple name.
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static java.lang.String |
MQNAME
The metaclass qualified name.
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getOwnerFolder, getRelatedFrom, getRelatedFrom, getRelatedTo, getRelatedTo, setOwnerFolder
addStereotype, getAttached, getAttached, getDependsOnDependency, getDependsOnDependency, getDescriptor, getDescriptor, getExtension, getExtension, getImpactDependsOn, getImpactDependsOn, getImpactedDependency, getImpactedDependency, getImpactImpacted, getImpactImpacted, getLocalProperties, getLocalProperty, getMatrix, getMatrix, getName, getNote, getNote, getNote, getNoteContent, getNoteContent, getNoteContent, getProduct, getProduct, getProperties, getProperties, getProperties, getProperties, getProperties, getProperty, getProperty, getProperty, getProperty, getStereotype, getTag, getTag, getTag, getTag, getTag, getTagValue, getTagValue, getTagValue, getTagValues, getTagValues, getTagValues, isStereotyped, isStereotyped, isTagged, isTagged, isTagged, putNoteContent, putNoteContent, putNoteContent, putTagValue, putTagValue, putTagValue, putTagValues, putTagValues, putTagValues, removeNotes, removeNotes, removeNotes, removeStereotypes, removeTags, removeTags, removeTags, setLocalProperties, setLocalProperty, setName, setProperty, setProperty, setProperty, setProperty
getAddedToQuery, getAddedToQuery, getCausedImpact, getCausedImpact, getDiagramElement, getDiagramElement
accept, delete, getCompositionChildren, getCompositionOwner, getMClass, getStatus, getUuid, isDeleted, isModifiable, isShell, isValid, mGet, mGet, mSet
static final java.lang.String MNAME
static final java.lang.String MQNAME