Specifying a Shadow Type for a Parameter or Operation Return Type

In Rational Rose, the Merlin Toolbar listed all possible future generated classes as available types when setting the parameter type or operation return type.

When setting a future generated class in Rational Software Architect as a type of a Parameter, you first specify the parameter type as the class from which the future generated class is created. The Shadow_Type stereotype property, found on the Curam tab, can then be set to represent the generated class type.

When setting a future generated class (for example, the standard entity details struct) as an operation return type in Rational Software Architect you must do the following: