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9.10.3 Slot


   A slot specifies that an entity modeled by an instance specification has a value or values for a specific structural feature.

   Description

   A slot is owned by an instance specification. It specifies the value or values for its defining feature, which must be a structural feature of a classifier of the instance specification owning the slot.

   Generalizations

   • “Element (as specialized)? on page 74

   Attributes

   No additional attributes

   Associations

   Constraints

   No additional constraints

   Semantics

   A slot relates an instance specification, a structural feature, and a value or values. It represents that an entity modeled by the instance specification has a structural feature with the specified value or values. The values in a slot must conform to the defining feature of the slot (in type, multiplicity, etc.).

   Notation

   See “InstanceSpecification?