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alter semiassociation statement

Alters an existing semi-association and puts it in context.

The class owning the semi-association and the owner association are also put in context.

Syntax

alter semiassociation [SemiAssociationName] as
    [name Name]
    [: Cardinality [^] [role Role] OppositeClass]
    [[!] whole] [[!] strong] [( AspectList )]
    [definition Definition]
    [comments Comments]
    [tagged
      [without WithoutTagList]
      [with WithTagList]
    ]

Element	Type	Optionality	Notes
SemiAssociationName	Semi-association name	Optional. If no semi-association name is specified, the semi-association in context is used. If no semi-association is in context, an error occurs.	Specifies the existing semi-association 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 semi-association, either as an identifier or in multilingual dictionary format.
Cardinality	Cardinality	Optional. If no cardinality is specified, the current one is maintained.	Specifies the new cardinality of the semi-association.
^		Optional. If omitted, the current one is maintained.	Specifies whether the semi-association must be sorted.
Role	Expression<Identifier> or Expression<Dictionary<Identifier>>	Optional. If omitted, the current one is maintained.	Specifies the new role of the semi-association, either as an identifier or in multilingual dictionary format.
OppositeClass	Class name	Optional. If included, it must coincide with the current one.	The opposite class cannot be changed.
whole		Optional. If omitted, the current one is maintained.	Specifies whether the semi-association must be whole.
strong		Optional. If omitted, the current one is maintained.	Specifies whether the semi-association must be strong.
AspectList	Marker list	Optional.	Specifies the aspects used by the semi-association. Accepted markers are S for subjective, K for constant, and T for temporal, optionally prefixed by ! to negate them.
Definition	Expression<Text> or Expression<Dictionary<Text>>	Optional. If no definition is specified, the current one is maintained.	Specifies the new definition of the semi-association.
Comments	Expression<Text> or Expression<Dictionary<Text>>	Optional. If no commments are specified, the current ones are maintained.	Specifies the new commments for the semi-association.
WithoutTagList	Element name list	Optional. If no tags are specified, no tags are removed.	Specifies the tags to remove from the semi-association.
WithTagList	Element name list	Optional. If no tags are specified, no tags are added.	Specifies the tags to add to the semi-association.

Returns

The semi-association just altered.

Examples

Intent	Code
Alter a semi-association to change its cardinality and role	alter semiassociation Building.IsLocatedOn as : 0..1 role Location Town;
Alter a semi-association to make it temporal and not subjective	alter semiassociation Building.IsOwnedBy as (!S, T);
Alter the context semi-association to make it whole	alter semiassociation as whole;
Alter the context semi-association to add a tag	alter semiassociation as tagged with ToRevise;

See Also

• create association statement
• Multilingual data

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