You can specify stereotypes in profiles as read-only so that team
members cannot manually apply or remove read-only stereotypes in a model.
Before you begin
Before you can specify a read-only stereotype in a profile, a
profile must be open in the Project Explorer view.
About this task
When you specify a read-only stereotype in a profile, you cannot
apply or remove these stereotypes in a model; however, you can see the stereotype
in the Project Explorer view or anywhere else in the model and diagrams. Specifying
a stereotype as read-only is helpful when your team has another way of programmatically
controlling the properties, such as a custom pop-up menu. For example, you
could create a custom pop-up menu that applies a C++ class stereotype to every
class in the model. In an example such as this, you do not want team members
to apply or remove these stereotypes because of the potential problems that
could result in the model.
To mark stereotypes in profiles as read-only:
Procedure
- In the Project Explorer view, select a stereotype in a profile.
- In the Properties view, on the General tab,
select the UI Read Only check box.
Results
You cannot apply or remove the stereotype throughout the model.