Profile Editor

Create and manage profiles with stereotypes and properties

Description

The Profile Editor allows you to define a profile in System Composer™ that contains stereotypes with properties. In System Composer architecture models, stereotyping is necessary to define custom metadata on model elements typed by the stereotype.

Apply a profile to your model or interface dictionary. Then, use stereotypes in the model to type model elements such as components, connectors, ports, interfaces, and functions. Functions only apply to software architectures. You can define custom property values on each element using the stereotyped template.

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Open the Profile Editor

• System Composer toolstrip: Navigate to Modeling > Profile Editor.

• MATLAB^® Command Window: Enter systemcomposer.profile.editor.

Examples

• Define Stereotypes and Perform Analysis
• Define Profiles and Stereotypes
• Use Stereotypes and Profiles
• Apply Stereotypes to Functions of Software Architectures

Parameters

Stereotype applied to root on import — Root stereotype

<none> (default) | stereotype

Stereotype to be applied to root architecture after importing profile into a model. Choose from a list of available stereotypes. The root architecture is at the system boundary of the top-level model separating the contents of the model from the environment.

Applies to — Element type to which stereotype can be applied

<all> (default) | Component | Port | Connector | Interface | Function

Element type to which stereotype can be applied.

Base stereotype — Stereotype from which stereotype inherits properties

<none> (default) | stereotype

Stereotype from which stereotype inherits properties. Choose from a list of available stereotypes.

Abstract stereotype — Whether stereotype is abstract

off (default) | on

Select this check box to indicate an abstract stereotype. An abstract stereotype is a stereotype that is not intended to be applied directly to a model element. You can use abstract stereotypes only as the base stereotype for other stereotypes.

Show inherited properties — Whether to show properties inherited from base stereotype

off (default) | on

Select this check box to indicate whether to display read-only properties inherited from a base stereotype.

Programmatic Use

systemcomposer.profile.editor

systemcomposer.profile.editor opens the Profile Editor from the MATLAB Command Window.

More About

Profile

A profile is a package of stereotypes to create a self-consistent domain of element types.

Author profiles and apply profiles to a model using the Profile Editor. You can store stereotypes for a project in one profile or in several. When you save profiles, they are stored in XML files.

Stereotype

A stereotype is a custom extension of the modeling language. Stereotypes provide a mechanism to extend the architecture language elements by adding domain-specific metadata.

Apply stereotypes to model elements such as root-level architecture, component architecture, connectors, ports, data interfaces, value types, and functions. Functions only apply to software architectures. A model element can have multiple stereotypes. Stereotypes provide model elements with a common set of property fields, such as mass, cost, and power.

Property

A property is a field in a stereotype. You can specify property values for each element to which the stereotype is applied.

Use properties to store quantitative characteristics, such as weight or speed, that are associated with a model element. Properties can also be descriptive or represent a status. You can view and edit the properties of each element in the architecture model using the Property Inspector.

Version History

Introduced in R2019a