Bug 519506

Summary: Add role name in Connector End label for identification
Product: [Modeling] MDT.UML2 Reporter: Benoit Maggi <benoit.maggi>
Component: CoreAssignee: UML2 Inbox <mdt-uml2-inbox>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: ed, Kenn.Hussey
Version: 5.3.0Keywords: helpwanted
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Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
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Description Benoit Maggi CLA 2017-07-11 10:05:07 EDT 
Currently it's very difficult to distinct connectorends, all connectorends are displayed like that <Connector End>.

Since ConnectorEnd isn't a named element, the idea would be to display the name of the role (ConnectableElement extends NamedElement) if available.

This is a pretty similar use case as Slot displaying defining feature name

Ps: latest version 5.3.0 isn't available in the version field
Comment 1 Benoit Maggi CLA 2017-07-11 10:05:52 EDT 
Created attachment 269314 [details]
Small model example
Comment 2 Ed Willink CLA 2017-07-11 10:49:08 EDT 
Problem seems to be that uml.edit.provider has inadequate genmodel customization and so

ConnectorEnd inherits its label feature as MultiplicityElement::isOrdered, rather than leaving it blank, which might pick something better as it does for Slot, or by specifying ConnectorEnd::role explicitly.

Not sure that isOrdered is a very get subset of the MultiplicityElement possibilities.

Ideally all major classes should be reviewed to ensure a better UML Model Editor rendering. ... but is any change a break to traditional legacy?

Workaround: for use within Papyrus a customized overriding UML provider could be supplied.
Comment 3 Benoit Maggi CLA 2017-07-12 05:17:20 EDT 
@Ed: Yes we can override the label in Papyrus but I feel that doing that directly in UML would be better for the community.