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Select the Stereotype

Building Procedure Action Diagrams consists primarily of selecting and applying a stereotype. A stereotype refers to a typical style of procedure design. In essence, a stereotype is a pre-defined implementation strategy for one or more business processes. When you apply a stereotype, CA Gen generates a stereotypical Procedure Action Diagram. You select the options that influence the design of the Action Diagram. After it is created, you can refine the procedure logic to reflect the needs of the business system. If necessary, you can repeat stereotyping. During each stereotyping iteration, you can preserve changes you made as a result of the last iteration or replace the entire Procedure Action Diagram with code from the current iteration.

You can select one or more of the following stereotype styles:

• Entity maintenance stereotype
• Selection list stereotype
• Stereotype by implementation of action blocks

These stereotypes are designed for block mode (online transaction processing) screen systems. Most parts are adaptable to GUI systems.

Downstream Effects: The major benefit of stereotyping besides automation of implementation is reusability, reusing typical procedure definitions for any procedure.

Reusability has the following benefits:

• Improves quality
• Reduces overall project costs
• Encourages the use of corporate standards
• Encourages the commonality of user interfaces
• Reduces corporate risk