Method Detail

• getStereotypeNames

  String[] getStereotypeNames(EObject object)

  Determines the stereotype names attached to a model element.

  The concept of stereotype name is neutral here: UML metamodel implementation will consider the stereotype feature, but a metamodel implementation may map this concept to any arbitrary feature, as long as the feature can be represented with a String value.

  The implementation should be fast and lightweight, as this method will be called a lot of time (each time a method or a script is called on a model element).

  If no stereotype is attached to the model element, then it is recommended to return null instead of an empty array, for performance consideration (avoids to create unused empty arrays).

  Parameters:

  object - the model element we want to determine the stereotypes.

  Returns:

  the attached stereotype names, an empty array or null if no stereotype is attached to the model element.