Generalize Specification--General Tab

Figure 47 Generalize Specification--General Tab

Refer to the descriptions earlier in this chapter or in the Introduction to Specifications chapter for information on the specification elements not covered in the following section.

Stereotype

Stereotypes allow you to provide additional distinctions in your model that are not explicitly supported by the UML. The use of stereotypes makes it easy to add information about modeling elements that may be specific to a project or process.

The Generalize Specification uses stereotypes to create two new use-case relationships that can be attached to a model element to indicate a special relationship between use cases.

Friendship Required

Select the Friendship required check box to specify that the supplier class has granted rights to the client class to access its non-public members.

Virtual Inheritance

Select the Virtual inheritance check box to ensure that only one copy of the base class will be inherited by descendants of the subclasses.

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Actor Specification

An Actor Specification is similar to a Class Specification, except that the stereotype field is set to actor. However, some of the fields in the Class Specification are not applicable to actors and are therefore disabled. Refer to Class Specification on page 56 for more information.