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redefine association statement

Redefines an extisting semi-association into a new redefinition, and puts it in context.

The class owning the new redefinition semi-association is also put in context.

Syntax

redefine semiassociation SemiAssociationName as
    Name:
    Cardinality [^] [role Role] OppositeClass
    [[!] whole] [[!] strong] [( AspectList )]

Element	Type	Optionality	Notes
SemiAssociationName	Semi-association name	Mandatory.	Specifies the existing semi-association to be redefined.
Name	Expression<Identifier> or Expression<Dictionary<Identifier>>	Mandatory.	Specifies the name of the new redefinition semi-association, either as an identifier or in multilingual dictionary format.
Cardinality	Cardinality	Mandatory.	Specifies the cardinality of the new redefinition semi-association.
^		Optional. If omitted, the new redefinition semi-association is not made sorted.	Specifies whether the new redefinition semi-association must be sorted.
Role	Expression<Identifier> or Expression<Dictionary<Identifier>>	Optional.	Specifies the role of the new redefinition semi-association, either as an identifier or in multilingual dictionary format.
OppositeClass	Class name	Mandatory.	Specifies the opposite class for the new redefinition semi-association.
whole		Optional. If omitted, the whole flag of the new redefinition semi-association is copied from the redefined one. If preceded by !, the new redefinition semi-association is not made whole.	Specifies whether the new redefinition semi-association must be whole.
strong		Optional. If omitted, the strong flag of the new redefinition semi-association is copied from the redefined one. If preceded by !, the new redefinition semi-association is not made strong.	Specifies whether the new redefinition semi-association must be strong.
AspectList	Marker list	Optional.	Specifies the aspects used by the the new redefinition semi-association. Accepted markers are S for subjective, K for constant, and T for temporal.

Returns

The semi-association redefinition just created.

Examples

Intent	Code
Redefine the Creator semi-association inherited by Book as as having a new name	redefine semiassociation Book.Creator as Author: 1..* Person;
Redefine the Creator semi-association inherited by Book as having a new multilingual name	redefine semiassociation Book.Creator as [en_GB: Author, es_ES: Autor]: 1..* Person;

See Also

• create association statement
• Multilingual data

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