Signal mapping for C# (C# code)

For each Signal that is not nested, ACS generates a code file (.cs). Within the code file, ACS generates the Signal as a class.

The class declaration and body is derived from the items it owns and properties of the Signal.

ACS generates the child items and properties of a Signal as follows.

• If the Signal owns any Attributes, ACS generates each Attribute as a constant, event, field or property. For more information about Attribute mapping, see Attribute mapping

• If the Signal owns any Classes, ACS generates the Classes as nested classes. For more information about Class mapping, click here Class mapping

• If the Signal owns any Roles, ACS generates the each Role as a constant, field or property. For more information about Role mapping, click here Association mapping

• If the Signal owns any Type Definitions whose Construction is Enumeration, ACS generates each Type Definition as an enum. For more information about Type Definition mapping, click here Definition mapping

• If the Abstract property is set to true (Abstract check box selected on Property Pages), ACS generates the class with the abstract modifier.

• If a Description is specified, ACS generates the text of a Signal's Description property on the line before the code generated for the class. For information about how comments are generated, click here Generating code comments

• ACS generates the Name property as the identifier of the class.

ACS may modify the class identifier that is added to the code to make it valid for C#. You can specify the exact identifier to use through the CODE_GENERATION_NAME property of a Signal. Tell me more...

• If the Template property is set to True (Template check box selected on Property Pages), ACS generates the Modeler Signal as a generic class. ACS generates the Formal Template Parameters as the type parameters between angle brackets after the class identifier.

• If the Visibility property is set to public or package: ACS generates the class with a public or internal modifier accordingly – ACS generates private and protected modifiers only for nested Signals.