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alter class statement

Alters an existing class in the context model. If no model is in context, an error occurs.

The altered class is put in context.

Syntax

alter class [ClassName] as
    [name Name]
    [( MarkerList )]
    [[ AspectList ]]
    [in Container | none]
    [definition Definition]
    [comments Comments]
    [tagged
      [without WithoutTagList]
      [with WithTagList]
    ]

Element	Type	Optionality	Notes
ClassName	Class name	Optional. If no class name is specified, the class in context is used. If no class is in context, an error occurs.	Specifies the existing class to be altered.
Name	Expression<Identifier> or Expression<Dictionary<Identifier>>	Optional. If no name is specified, the current one is maintained.	Specifies the new name of the class, either as an identifier or in multilingual dictionary format.
MarkerList	Marker list	Optional.	Specifies the markers to apply to the class. The only accepted marker is A for abstract, optionally prefixed by ! to negate it.
AspectList	Marker list	Optional.	Specifies the model aspects implemented by the class. Accepted markers are S for subjective and T for temporal, optionally prefixed by ! to negate them.
Container	Package name	Optional. If no package name or "none" is specified, the current one is maintained.	Specifies the package where to put the class.
none		Optional. If this is specified, then Container cannot be specified.	Specifies that the class is to be put outside any packages.
Definition	Expression<Text> or Expression<Dictionary<Text>>	Optional. If no definition is specified, the current one is maintained.	Specifies the new definition of the class.
Comments	Expression<Text> or Expression<Dictionary<Text>>	Optional. If no commments are specified, the current ones are maintained.	Specifies the new commments for the class.
WithoutTagList	Element name list	Optional. If no tags are specified, no tags are removed.	Specifies the tags to remove from the class.
WithTagList	Element name list	Optional. If no tags are specified, no tags are added.	Specifies the tags to add to the class.

Returns

The class just altered.

Examples

Intent	Code
Alter a class to change its name and make it non-abstract	alter class Person as name Individual (!A);
Alter the context class to make it the temporal aspect	alter class as [T];
Alter a class to put it in a different package	alter class Person as in Org.Staff;

See Also

• create class statement
• Multilingual data

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