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C.3 Datatype Rules

Rule: UnnamedCategory: Completeness
Severity: 1-highApplies to: all areas
The data type has no name.

Rule: KeywordCategory: Naming
Severity: 2-medApplies to: design
Data type name is a Java or C++ keyword; find another name for it.

Rule: NoQueryCategory: Correctness
Severity: 1-highApplies to: all areas
The data type has an operation that is not marked as a query.

All operations of a data type must be queries.

  • This is a WFR of the UML.
  • Value returned: name of the operation that should be a query.

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