Davor,
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
You have no idea how much that information helped.
Abby
"Gornik, Davor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Abby,
>
> We do not automatically roll-down the attributes into tables. If you want to
> get the abstract class transformed to the data model, it has to be
> persistent.
> On the other side, to have the object model designed correctly, you should
> have the attributes protected or public, as the private attributes are not
> seen and can not be used by subclasses.
> I am sending you an example model in a separate email.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Davor Gornik
> Marketing Engineer Rose Business Unit
> Rational Software
> Phone: +1-425-497-4091
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:51 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: (ROSE) Abstract Class-persistent attributes mapping into the
> data model
>
>
>
> We are currently using Rational Rose 2000e. We have to transform our
> object model into a logical data model using the Rose data modeler add-in.
> The model has an abstract class with 2 'private' attributes - OID and
> lastUpdateTs (friendship required feature unspecified) . It is the intent of
> the object modelers to have these 2 attributes flow down to all the derived
> classes and then on to the logical data model.
>
> My areas of concern:
> 1. Is is correct to model these attributes as private rather than protected
> or public in an abstract or base class?
>
> 2. Even when I tweak the class and make the attributes 'protected' with
> friendship required or even 'public' these are not carried over to the data
> model when I try to transform the object to data model transformation
>
> Any input would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Abby Thakur
>
>
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