ACS can generate the following code elements from a Type Definition:
• Array – set the construction to Array and use the Array as a type.
• Enums – set the construction to Enumeration and apply the «C# Enum» stereotype.
• Nullable Type – set the construction to Alias and reference the type. When the Alias is used as a type, ACS generates the type as a nullable type.
• Pointer Type – set the construction to Alias, select the Pointer check box, and reference the type. When the Alias is used as a type, ACS generates the type as a pointer type.
ACS generates the child items, properties and tagged values of a Type Definition as follows.
Child items:
• A Type Definition that has Enumeration construction can own Enumeration Literals, which ACS generates as part of the enum definition. For more information about Enumeration Literal mapping, click here
Enumeration literal mapping.
Properties:
• For arrays, ACS uses the value of the Upper Bounds to generate the dimensions of the array.
• The Construction property can be set to Enumeration, Alias, Sequence or Array:
◦ When set to Enumeration, ACS generates the Type Definition as an enum.
◦ When set to Alias, for Modeler items that use the Type Definition as a type, ACS generates the item that is referenced through the Data Type property as a nullable type or pointer type.
◦ When set to Sequence, ACS ignores the Type Definition.
◦ When set to Array, for Modeler items that use the Type Definition as a type, ACS generates that item's code using information specified for the Type Definition.
• For aliases, ACS generates the Data Type as the type of the alias. For arrays, ACS generates the Data Type as the type of the array.
• ACS generates the Name property as the identifier of the enum.
Note that ACS may modify the Type Definition name that is added to the code to make it valid for C#. You can specify the exact identifier to add to the code through the CODE_GENERATION_NAME property of a Type Definition.
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• If the Pointer property is set to true (Property check box selected on Property Pages) and the Type Definition is an Alias; for Modeler items that use the Type Definition as a type, ACS generates the item that is referenced through the Data Type property as a pointer type.
Tag Definitions:
The «C# Enum» stereotype allows you to specify additional information for Type Definitions that are set up as enumerations. The «C# Enum» stereotype applies the following Tag Definitions to a Type Definition:
• If a value is set for the tagged value of the C# Attributes tag definition, ACS generates the value as the attributes of the enum.
• If a value is set for the tagged value of the C# Enum Base tag definition, ACS generates the value as the default type for the literals.
• If the tagged value of the C# Internal tag definition is set to Internal, ACS generates the enum with the internal modifier. If a value of the C# Internal tag definition is set to Protected Internal, ACS generates the enum with the protected internal modifiers.
• If the tagged value of the C# New tag definition is set to True, ACS generates the new keyword when appropriate.
Child items:
Properties:
Tag Definitions: