Syntax | set aBlob = anObject.classToXMLFragment() set aBlob = anObject.classToXMLFragment(options) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semantics | The operation takes any object ( By default the following mapping rules apply: These default rules can be overridden by using <<XMLElement>>, <<XMLAttribute>> and <<XMLCharacters>> stereotypes on UML class attributes and UML association ends. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Substitutables | anObject | Target object, can be any complex object. However, simple types and arrays are not supported, since they do not map naturally to a well formed XML document. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
options | This optional parameter is an object of type XMLComposeOptions. Its attributes are:
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Examples | set xmlBlob = myAddress.classToXMLFragment(); |
The following action script serializes an object of type Address, provided that you have defined an input object node named myAddress of type Address in the activity diagram.
set xmlBlob = myAddress.classToXMLFragment();
The sample XML fragment below illustrates the mapping executed by classToXMLFragment()
. The object myAddress of type Address (see class diagram) is mapped the depicted XML fragment:
<street>Lautengartenstr. 12</street> <city>Basel</city>