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An expression that specifies a string value that is derived by concatenating a set of sub string expressions, some of which
might be template parameters.
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TemplateableElement (from Templates) on page 649
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Expression (from Kernel ) on page 69
Description
StringExpression is a specialization of the general Expression metaclass that adds the ability to contain sub expressions
and whose operands are exclusively LiteralString s.
Attributes
No additional attributes
Associations• |
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| subExpression : StringExpression[0..*] | The StringExpressions that constitute this StringExpression. Subsets | ||||
| Element::ownedElement |
Issue 8530 -add owningExpression item
• owningExpression : StringExpression [0..1] The StringExpression of which this expression is a substring. Subsets
Element::owner
Constraints
[1] All the operands of a StringExpression must be LiteralString s.
operand->forAll (op | op.oclIsKindOf (LiteralString ))
[2] If a StringExpression has sub expressions, it cannot have operands and vice versa (this avoids the problem of having to
define a collating sequence between operands and subexpressions).
if subExpression->notEmpty() then operand->isEmpty() else operand->notEmpty()
Additional Operations
[1] The query stringValue() returns the string that concatenates, in order, all the component string literals of all the
subexpressions that are part of the StringExpression.
StringExpression::stringValue() : String;
if subExpression->notEmpty()then subExpression->iterate(se; stringValue = ‘’| stringValue.concat(se.stringValue())) else operand->iterate()(op; stringValue = ‘’ | stringValue.concat(op.value))
Semantics
A StringExpression is a composite expression whose elements are either nested StringExpressions or LiteralString s. The string
value of the expression is obtained by concatenating the respective string values of all the subexpressions in order. If the
expression has no subexpressions, the string value is obtained by concatenating the LiteralString s that are the operands of
the StringExpression in order.
Notation
See the notation section of NamedElement (from Templates) on page 667.
Examples
See
Figure 17.28 on page 669.
Operation templates
Issue Editorial change - combine diagram 17.29 into 17.30 and remove 17.29
The Operation templates diagram
(Figure 17.29 on page 671)
supports the specification of operation templates.