Is this true for any version of Rose? Mine is 2000e (build 7.0.9420.17) and
unfortunately all I get when prefixing method name with '$' is a different
name (regardless the method is a new or an existing one).

Thanks,
Ricardo.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vance Christiaanse
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:42 AM
> To: Norris, Davyd
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: (ROSE) Static Methods
> 
> 
> 
> Interesting!
> 
> I wasn't able to make an existing method static by adding a '$' at the
> beginning of its name, all I got was new name.
> 
> But, indeed, a new method entered with an initial '$' was 
> underlined in
> the class icon and the '$' was not part of the name. The 
> generated code
> for the method did not include "static" until I updated the method
> specification explicitly. So the '$' effects the icon but the 
> generated
> code is based on the specification. That's what Davyd Norris 
> was trying
> to tell me...
> 
> "Norris, Davyd" wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Vance,
> > 
> > Rose does underline static operations, but you have to tell 
> it that the UML
> > operation itself is static - to the best of my knowledge it 
> does not look at
> > any of the code generation pages to figure it out.
> > 
> > If you type the operation name starting with a '$' it will 
> underline it for
> > you and set the operation to static. This notation is a 
> hangover from the
> > old Booch days but is convenient since the UML has no simple textual
> > representation to distinguish types vs. instances.
> > 
> > There is the need for an enhancement though - there is 
> currently no way to
> > do this via any of the properties pages.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Dave.
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> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vance Christiaanse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Saturday, 10 November 2001 7:31 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: (ROSE) Concurrent Composite States Revisited
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Rose fans,
> > >
> > > I'm working on a list of "UML features that aren't 
> available in Rose".
> > > So far, the list has only two items:
> > > (1) Underline static operations in class diagrams.
> > > (2) Tile a state icon into regions with dotted lines to indicate
> > > concurrent composite states.
> > >
> > > A workaround to (1) was suggested by Netherwood Paul: use a
> > > stereotype.
> > >
> > > As a workaround to (2) it seems that one could simply 
> leave out the
> > > dotted lines. Rose doesn't allow more than one start 
> state in the same
> > > context so a synchronization fork could be used instead. This
> > > is similar
> > > to figure 3-77 in the 1.4 spec except for the dotted lines.
> > >
> > > Vance
> > >
> > > Vance Christiaanse
> > > Cintech Consulting
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