Rational & Eclipse UML2 Tools - Flawed UML Component Connections
Connecting UML Components with the Ball and Socket notation in Rational Software Modeler (RSM/RSA) and Eclipse UML2 Tools is not fully implemented or flawed. Too fully understand my point you have to keep in mind that these tools are for modeling, not just drawing a picture/diagram. Thus the internal model representation of what you diagram must be correct and complete. The Need: I discovered this issue while trying to design a suitable domain specific language/model for architects to talk about systems and what interfaces/data connections they had between them. The users understand components, so our systems were components. Additionally, interfaces at a high level make sense for being an "agreed upon" contract of interaction between systems. So, the components will realize the interfaces or > them to show providing and consumption between the systems. The figure below shows two examples of this. If you look closely at the diagram you will note that the ball and soc...