Authoring UML profiles with class diagrams

You can author and design UML profiles by using class diagrams, which provide a visual, modeling approach to creating profiles that can be particularly helpful when you create relationships. Although you can create and modify profiles in the Project Explorer view, modeling profiles is an alternate method that can be faster and easier.

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To author a UML profile using a class diagram:

Procedure

  1. In the Project Explorer view, expand a project that contains a custom UML profile.
  2. Expand the Diagrams folder, right-click a profile; then click Add Diagram > Class Diagram.

Results

After you create the class diagram, you can add existing profile elements such as stereotypes and classes to it. To add new elements to the class diagram and the profile, in the Palette, under Profile, select the elements to add and drag them into the diagram.

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