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A parameter is a specification of an argument used to pass information into or out of an invocation of a behavioral feature.
Description
Parameter is an abstract metaclass specializing TypedElement and NamedElement.
Generalizations
• “TypedElement? on page 86
• “NamedElement? on page 71
Attributes
No additional attributes
Associations
No additional associations
Constraints
No additional constraints
Semantics
A parameter specifies arguments that are passed into or out of an invocation of a behavioral element like an operation. A
parameter’s type restricts what values can be passed.
A parameter may be given a name, which then identifies the parameter uniquely within the parameters of the same behavioral
feature. If it is unnamed, it is distinguished only by its position in the ordered list of parameters.
Notation
No general notation. Specific subclasses of BehavioralFeature will define the notation for their parameters.
Style Guidelines
A parameter name typically starts with a lowercase letter.