UML Properties dialog box (Parameters category)

Use the Parameters category to add, edit, or delete parameters.

Parameters

Lists the parameters you have already defined.

To quickly edit the most commonly used settings for a parameter, click a field in the Parameters list, and then select or type a value.

To access all of the settings for a parameter, select the parameter in the Parameters list, and then click Properties.

• Parameter  Type or edit an identifier string as a name for the parameter. The name must be unique within the parameter list that contains it.

• Type  Choose an implementation type for the value returned by the parameter. If the data type you want isn't listed, right-click a data types package in the tree view, choose New, and then choose DataType, or create a new class.

• Kind  Choose the kind of parameter required.

• In means an input parameter that cannot be modified.

• Out means an output parameter that can be modified to communicate information to the caller.

• Inout means an input parameter that can be modified.

• Default Value  Type an expression whose evaluation yields a value to be used when no argument is supplied for the parameter.

New

Click to add an undefined parameter to the list parameters.

To quickly edit the most commonly used settings for a parameter, click a field in the Parameters list, and then select or type a value.

To access all of the settings for a parameter, select the parameter in the Parameters list, and then click Properties.

Duplicate

Click to add a new parameter to the list with the same property values as the selected parameter.

Delete

Click to delete the selected parameter.

Move Up/Move Down

After you select a parameter, click to change the order in which the parameter is stored.

Properties

After you select a parameter, click to display the Parameter Properties dialog box, where you can edit the property values associated with the parameter.