Assigning a Component to Another Package

Every component is assigned to a package. When you create a component using a creation tool from the component diagram toolbox, the component is assigned to the package containing the component diagram.

To reassign a component from one package to another:

1 Select a component icon in a diagram directly contained by the package to which the component should be assigned. (You might need to create such a diagram or icon if one does not currently exist.)

2 Click Edit > Relocate.

Rational Rose will update all component diagrams to reflect the component's new assignment.

Like components, packages are also assigned to packages, permitting nesting to an arbitrary depth. The mechanisms previously described can be applied to packages as well as components.

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Component Specification

A Component Specification displays and modifies the properties and relationships of each component in the current model. The same specification is used for all kinds of components.

Some of the information on this specification can also be displayed inside icons representing the component in a component diagram.

To display a Component Specification, double-click any icon representing the component, or click Browse > Specifications.

Specification Content

The Component Specification consists of the following tabs: General, Detail, Realizes, and Files.