Changing the Type of an Association Link
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Association links can have the association, aggregation, or composition type. You can interchange these types of links using the following procedures.
To change a link type using the Object Inspector
- Choose View > Object Inspector to open the Object Inspector.
- In the Diagram View, select an association link on the diagram. The properties for the link appear in the Object Inspector.
- In the Object Inspector, select the Type property.
- Click the drop-down arrow and select the appropriate link type from the list. Available choices are:
association
,aggregation
, andcomposition
.
- In the Diagram View, right-click an association link on the diagram.
- Choose Link Type on the context menu. Chose one of the available
Association
,Aggregation
, andComposition
types to set the link type.