UML Class Properties dialog box (Receptions category)

Use the Receptions category to add, edit, or delete receptions.

Receptions

Lists the receptions you have defined for the classifier.

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

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

• Reception  Type a name for the reception.

• Signal  Choose the signal that the classifier is prepared to handle.

• Visibility  Choose the visibility (public, private, or protected) that applies to the reception. Public means the operation is publicly available to any class. Protected means the operation is available inside the class and to its subclasses. Private means that the operation can only be used inside the class.

• Polymorphic  Select if the response to the signal depends on the state of the classifier and can be overridden on subclasses. Leave unselected if the response to the signal is always the same.

• Scope  Choose instance if the reception is applicable to each object created by the classifier. Choose classifier if the reception is applicable only to the classifier itself.

New

Click to add an undefined reception to the list of receptions for the classifier.

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

To access all of the settings for a reception, select the reception, and then click Properties.

Duplicate

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

Delete

Click to delete the selected reception from the list.

Move Up/Move Down

After you select a reception, click to change the order in which the reception is stored. You can only reorder within the same classifier.

Properties

After you select a reception, click to display categories where you can edit the property values associated with the reception: Reception, Exceptions, Constraints, and Tagged Values.