When you create or modify a UML profile, you can add items
to pop-up menus and palettes for the profile, and custom graphics,
wizards, and properties views. All of these elements make up profile
tooling. You can add these items so that profile users see
specific palettes and pop-up menus that you define when the custom
profile is applied to a model. For example, if you create a custom
UML profile, you can define a custom stereotype that has special semantics
for your company, such as OurTypeOfSessionBean. You can then define
a specific pop-up menu and palette items for this stereotype along
with custom properties. You can also add custom properties and wizards
to your profile tooling as well.
Before you begin
In order to use Profile Tooling, you must install the Modeling
extensibility feature by using IBM® Installation
Manager. Before you create custom menu and palette items for a profile,
ensure that the profile is released; otherwise, you might encounter
compatibility issues if you modify the profile.
Restriction: Profile tooling cannot be applied to sequence
diagrams.
Tip: In addition to the Profile Tooling
online help, a profile tooling-specific white paper is available from
the IBM support site that guides
you through the basics of generating tooling for elements from a new
or existing UML profile. A link to this resource is available in the
Related Information section at the bottom of this topic.