PM36390: connector cannot be attached to an attribute

Rational Rhapsody 7.6

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Description
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  In the attached model, On drawing the binding connectors between
  the attributes and a constraint property, the binding connectors
  are not owned by Z; they have package scope.
  
  More importantly, the binding connectors are relationships
  between itsA and A in C, and between itsB and B in C. They do
  not relate to itsC at all!
  And the constraint blocks cannot be re-used to represent
  multiple constraint configurations.
  
  WA : For binding connector we have a way by doing 'Bind to
  Context' which will set tag values with the part context
  
  However binding connectors are terms based on flows and that is
  why they behave like that - in SysML binding connectors are
  stereotypes of connectors
  But in Rhapsody a connector cannot be attached to an attribute
  because of compliance issue.
  
  Customer stumbled on this non-compliant behavior.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  connector cannot be attached to an attribute
  

Problem conclusion

• 1. We modified the policy of owning connectors in Libra -
  now connectors are owned by the "from" side. If you draw a
  binding connector from itsA:int and C::A the binding
  connector will be owned by Z. If you draw a connector from
  C::A to itsA:int, the connector will be owned by C. This is
  our new definition and I believe it is the best we can do
  for now.2. We have created "bind to context" especially to
  overcome the fact that we use flows for binding connectors
  instead of connectors. The reason for that is that Rhapsody
  does not allow links/connector between an attribute and a
  part. However we have it on our roadmap to allow such
  connectors in the future, and once we have that capability
  we will change binding connector to be applicable to
  connector/link instead of a flow. Please enter a customer
  enhancement request to re-enforce the need of this change
  (although it is already on our plan).
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TLOGIC RHAPSODY

• Fixed component ID

  5724V74RP

Applicable component levels

• R752 PSN

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