XCSG:TypeAlias

A TypeAlias introduces a synonym for an existing type analogous to the use of typedef in C and C++.

A TypeAlias does not introduce a new type, but provides a synonym (alias) for a given type, the AliasedType . This type may be an existing type, or an instantiation of a type with template parameters.

A TypeAlias may appear anywhere the referenced type may appear.

The semantics of the model are unchanged if all occurrences of a TypeAlias are replaced by occurrences of the referenced type.

Specification

Metaclass	TypeAlias
Extends	Type
Description	An alias for an existing type.

Direct Subkinds	C:Enum

All Superkinds	Node, ModelElement

Specified In Edges
In Edge	Predecessor	Multiplicity	Description
AliasedType	TypeAlias	✱	Connects a TypeAlias to the Type or TypeAlias it was declared to duplicate.
DefinedAs	Variable	✱	Connects a Variable or DataFlow node which received its Type via a TypeAlias (such as a C/C++ typedef) to that TypeAlias.
	DataFlow (Node)	✱

Specified Out Edges
Out Edge	Successor	Multiplicity	Description
AliasedType	Type	0..1	Connects a TypeAlias to the Type or TypeAlias it was declared to duplicate.
	TypeAlias	0..1

Known Possible In Edges
Inherited From	In Edge	Predecessor	Multiplicity	Description
Node	Contains	Node	1	Indicates that the predecessor contains the successor in a sense specified by the specific type of Contains edge.

Known Possible Out Edges
Inherited From	Out Edge	Successor	Multiplicity	Description
Node	Contains	Node	✱	Indicates that the predecessor contains the successor in a sense specified by the specific type of Contains edge.

Language mappings

AliasType maps to typedef in C and C++.