How to draw aggregation relationship with referenced classes in Rational Rhapsody

Question & Answer

Question

How do you draw an aggregation relation from a class within a package to a class within a referenced package in IBM Rational Rhapsody?

Cause

You would want to create an Object Model Diagram (OMD) show casing an aggregation between a Normal class to a Referenced class since by default it is not possible to draw an aggregation between a normal class and a Referenced class in Rational Rhapsody as aggregation is bidirectional

Answer

In order to draw an aggregation between a Normal class to a Referenced class you would need to load the referenced class or package as a unit to make it Read/Write.

However, if you desire to draw an unidirectional relation (aggregation) between the normal class and the Referenced class, you can achieve the same by drawing a Directed association between the two classes. Additionally, you would need to set the value of Aggregation Kind as Shared as shown below:

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Product Synonym

Rational Rhapsody

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27 May 2022

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