Metaclasses

Under each subject, Rhapsody® lists metaclasses. Metaclasses define properties for groups of things, such as attributes, classes, and configurations.

For example, under the Statechart subject and the State metaclass, the color, line_width, and name_color properties determine the default color and line width of state boxes and the text color of state names. The notation is Subject::Metaclass::Property; for example, Statechart::State::Color. You can always change the properties of an element in a statechart or diagram on-the-fly (project properties specify the default appearance).