Showing inheritance

Select the Show Inherited check box in the Features window to show inherited items for attributes, operations, and ports in C++, Ada, and Java. Flow ports show inherited items in all supported languages.

Procedure

  1. Open the Features window.
  2. If you want to display the inherited items for the attributes, select the Attributes tab and then select the Show Inherited check box. When this box is cleared, the list shows the operations of the selected class. When it is checked, the list also includes the operations inherited from the base classes.
  3. Review the information displayed in Features window table below the check box. Inherited items are shown in gray print.

Results

The "Defined In" column is included and contains the owner in which the elements are defined. Any relevant flow ports for the classifier are displayed in the Type and Direction columns.
Note: Private and overridden elements from inherited classifiers are not displayed.

The default state of each check box can be changed using these global project properties:


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