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alter generalization statement

Alters an existing generalization.

The root class of the generalization is put in context.

Syntax

alter generalization [root ClassName] as
    [on Discriminant]
    [without WithoutSpecializedClass (, WithoutSpecializedClass)*]]
    [with WithSpecializedClass [dominant] (, WithSpecializedClass [dominant])*]
    [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 root (i.e. generalized) class of the generalization to be altered.
Discriminant	Expression<Identifier> or Expression<Dictionary<Identifier>>	Optional. If no discriminant is specified, the current one is maintained.	Specifies the new discriminant of the generalization, either as an identifier or in multilingual dictionary format.
WithoutSpecializedClass	Class name	Optional. If no classes are specified, no specialized classes are removed.	Specifies the specialized classes to remove from the generalization.
WithSpecializedClass	Class name	Optional. If no classes are specified, no classes are added as specialized.	Specifies the classes to add to the generalization as specialized.
dominant		Optional. If omitted, the generalization is not made dominant for the associated class.	Specifies whether a specialized class will use the generalization as the dominant one.
Comments	Expression<Text> or Expression<Dictionary<Text>>	Optional. If no commments are specified, the current ones are maintained.	Specifies the new commments for the generalization.
WithoutTagList	Element name list	Optional. If no tags are specified, no tags are removed.	Specifies the tags to remove from the generalization.
WithTagList	Element name list	Optional. If no tags are specified, no tags are added.	Specifies the tags to add to the generalization.

Returns

The generalization just altered.

Examples

Intent	Code
Alter a generalization to change its discriminant	alter generalization root Person as on Species;
Alter the context generalization to add two specialized classes	alter generalization as with Cat, Dog;

See Also

• create generalization statement
• Multilingual data

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