Stereotype annotation

Stereotype tags are used to store UML Stereotype values. They can be used for all UML elements, such as class, interface, property, dependency etc. Each UML artifact may have a list of stereotypes. The list of stereotypes is defined by the annotation @UML.Stereotypes.


package com.soyatec.uml.annotations;


public @interface UML {
	public @interface Stereotypes {
		com.soyatec.uml.annotations.Stereotype[] value();
	}
	...
}

Each stereotype is defined by an annotation @Stereotype, which has two attributes:

“value” to store the stereotype id
“properties” to handle the stereotype properties.

public @interface Stereotypes {
	String value(); // name

	com.soyatec.uml.annotations.Property[] properties() default {};
}

Attribute	Value Type	Cardinality	Default value	Description
value	String	(1…1)		It is the stereotype id from UML Profile.
properties	Property[]	(0…*)	{}	Stereotype properties.

Each UML element may have more than one stereotype tags. But the attribute “ uml_id” must have unique value.