In UML diagrams, you can sort and filter the display
of attributes and operations in classifiers to reduce the complexity or
increase the abstraction level of your diagrams.
You must have a diagram open in the diagram editor,
and the classifiers attributes and operations list compartments
must be visible. Ensure that you have not set preferences to filter
or hide attributes and operations.
You can sort and filter attributes and operations to
determine what users see in your diagram. You can sort the contents of
individual compartments by visibility, name, and type. You can also
filter the contents of compartments, individually or collectively,
by visibility. For example, you might choose to display only public
attributes and operations in a model that describes an application
programming interface (API), so that users see only the public interface
of the API.
To sort and filter attributes and operations:
- In the diagram editor, right-click a classifier
that contains attributes or operations; then click .
- In the Sort/Filter Compartment Items window,
expand All Compartments and click Attribute or Operation.
- On the Attribute or Operation page,
complete one of the following steps:
- To filter attributes or operations, in the Filter
criteria list, click the visibility property that you
want to hide, and click the left arrow to add it to the Filter
Items Containing list.
- To sort and filter attributes or operations, in the first
column of the sorting table, select the attributes or operations
that you want to sort, and click the column titles to sort by visibility,
name, attribute type, or return type.
Tip: To change the order of the classifier’s
attributes or operations without reference to visibility, name,
or type, in the Sort/Filter Compartment Items window,
click the up arrow and down arrow.