[news.eclipse.modeling.mdt.uml2] Re: Cast UML model elements

["Kenn Hussey" <Kenn.Hussey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Emilien,

I don't see how this would be possible without creating a new object and 
deleting the old one, at least using the current implementation. Support for 
dynamic classification is something that's in the works for a future version 
of MOF (Meta Object Facility), and I hope to prototype an implementation of 
this as part of the MST project (see http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/mst/).

Kenn

"Emilien Perico" <emilien.perico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Hi all,
>
> I would like to replace elements in a model in an automatically way.
> Actually I want to change to type of a model element by another, for 
> example:
> In an activity diagram, I want to replace all the callBehaviorActions by 
> CallOperationActions.
>
> I try to do it programmatically and I don't want to create a new object 
> (and delete the old) but change the type (like a cast) to keep the same 
> uuid.
> I don't know if it is possible and I don't find a way.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emilien Perico