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Instance (automation interface)
An Instance is an individual member described by a Class object, that is, a Class, Data Type, Interface or Signal item.
ATTRIBUTES:
In addition to the common attributes.
Description
A textual property that gives an overview of the dictionary item.
Access is read/write.
ASSOCIATIONS:
In addition to the common associations.
Applied Comment
Relationship to Comments that are applied to the Instance.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.
Applied Constraint
Relationship to Constraints that are applied to the Instance.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.
Category or Package
Relationship to scoping Package. This association and the Owning Instance association are mutually exclusive.
Multiplicity is 0-1, access is read/write.
Classifier
Relationship to the Instance's Class object (Class, Data Type, Interface or Signal item).
Multiplicity is 1, access is read/write.
Feature
Relationship to Attributes and Roles of the Slot's owning Instance's Class object (Class, Data Type, Interface or Signal item) that can be Slots.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read-only.
Owned Instance
Relationship to owned Instances.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.
Owned Slot
Relationship to owned Slots that are not Specification Slots.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.
See also, Owned Slots and Specification.
Note that Modeler creates a Slot when a Text Value or Linked Values are specified for a feature.
Owning Instance
Relationship to scoping Instance. This association and the Category or Package association are mutually exclusive.
Multiplicity is 0-1, access is read/write.
Slot
Relationship to owned Slots, including Specification and non-Specification Slots.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.
See also, Owned Slots and Specification.
Note that Modeler creates a Slot when a Text Value or Linked Values are specified for a feature.
Sourced Flows
A collection of IO Flows for which the Instance is the source.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.
Specification
Relationship to an owned Specification Slot.
Multiplicity is 0-1, access is read/write.
See also, Owned Slots and Slots.
Targeted Flows
A collection of IO Flows for which the Instance is the target.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.
Valued Slot
Relationship to Slots that use the Instance as their Linked Values.
Multiplicity is 0+, access is read/write.