Change language of all elements of a package

[jepessen]

Hi.

I've a project where there are many uml classes inside a package. The problem is that the language is wrong for all of them. I have to change classes language from Java to C++ for all of them. How can I automate this task without changing every class manually (they are almost 500)?

[qwerty]

You can do that either with a SQL or a script (executing the SQL or using the API):

Code: [Select]

UPDATE t_object SET genType="C++" WHERE genType='Java
I you want to do that for a single package you could add a WHERE clause for the packageId or extract the package with XMI and change it either in the XMI with an editor or imported in a dummy repo.

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[jepessen]

Thanks I'll try it.

[skiwi]

A low tech way is to export the package, make the change with an editor (I use Notepad++) and import it.

[KP]

I missed this first time around or I would have mentioned that you can do it with the UI: Right-click package in Project Browser > Code Engineering > Reset Options for this Package.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

I missed this first time around or I would have mentioned that you can do it with the UI: Right-click package in Project Browser > Code Engineering > Reset Options for this Package.

This is the way IU do it, but recently, I've noticed that new items don't seem to get the language defined for the package - they get "<none>".  Should they?  I get EA to reset all the defaults and looking at the package it has the correct language.  BTW, the language is a non-standard one ("Conceptual")

Paolo

[Simon M]

Paolo, there is no option to propagate the language from a package to the elements created within it. A diagram type can specify a language, but not a package.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Paolo, there is no option to propagate the language from a package to the elements created within it. A diagram type can specify a language, but not a package.

Learn something new every day!

You can specify it on each individual diagram.

However, there seems to be a bug.  If I set the language to <none> in the Diagram | Elements dialog I don't get "<none>" on a new element.  A specific language seems to work OK.

Paolo

[Simon M]

Selecting '<none>' is the only way to specify that this diagram doesn't specify a language (and that the model default should be used.)

[qwerty]

Out of curiosity: why is it, that a diagram is related to a certain language? Seems like a coincidental choice.

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[Paolo F Cantoni]

Selecting '<none>' is the only way to specify that this diagram doesn't specify a language (and that the model default should be used.)

That's what I suspected, Simon.  But I couldn't find, in the new UI, where to set the Repository default.  Can you please enlighten me?  Also, since I can't see it, I can't check if "<none>" is an available option for the reposiotory default.  I believe it should be.

Paolo

[Aaron B]

In EA 13 - Configure > Model > Options > Source Code Engineering : Default Language for Code Generation.
http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/model_domains/code_generation_options.html

[Simon M]

Out of curiosity: why is it, that a diagram is related to a certain language? Seems like a coincidental choice.

In EA a diagram specifies a profile being used by specifying the default toolbox. As a result it made sense when adding profiles for different programming languages that the same mechanism used to control the elements and stereotypes available controlled the language.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

In EA 13 - Configure > Model > Options > Source Code Engineering : Default Language for Code Generation.
http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/model_domains/code_generation_options.html

Ahh...  EAUI!   I was using the old Ctrl+F9 dialog and couldn't find it under Source Code Engineering!

The new UI puts up a similar looking, BUT DIFFERENT dialog.

Paolo

[qwerty]

Thanks Simon. that seems to make sense.

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