Container Element Type

Any Element Type can be modeled as a Container Element Type. Container element types represent elements that are able to contain or reference other elements. Therefore container element types are used to define a hierarchical structure of a connected system.

The container functionality of an AWM element type is implemented by the Get Children Action of an element type. The Get Children Action allows to describe the hierarchical structure of an application system in a dynamic way.

注: Container Element Type is a logical concept. There is no physical representation of it in the AWM meta model.

Examples:

Container Element Types for an SCM system
- Project (a project may contain development stages as elements)
- Stage (a development stage may contain source types)
- Source (an element may contain Includes or Copies)
- COBOL Copy (a COBOL Copy may contain other Copies)