[Uml-user] Can an attribute have NO return type (as in blank, not void)

Sebastian Stein seb_stein at gmx.de
Fri Sep 23 00:14:32 UTC 2005


Adam Stein <adam at scan.mc.xerox.com> [050923 09:08]:
> I'm taking a class where we learned UML and thought I would try
> Umbrello.  The one thing I noticed is that I couldn't create an
> attribute without having to specify a return type.  For a simple
> homework example, I didn't want to go to the trouble of creating new
> classes to represent return types.  I can imagine that when I start
> using this for real, at the very beginning I might not know what return
> type I want for some attributes.
> 
> Is there anyway to create an attribute and leave the return type blank
> (i.e. the field empty)?

No, but just write something in the field like "fixme" and it should be
fine. You don't have to create a class first.

Sebastian




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