Connector Name

The user may supply a name for any or all Connectors in a Diagram. On a class diagram, for example, the user would specify names like R2, R35, etc. for each relationship Connector.

Identifiers

1. Connector

Attributes

Name

The user supplied name to be drawn on or near the Connector axis. Type: Text

Bend

If the Connector is bent, we proceed clockwise from the first attached Node starting from 1 for each bend. The term “bent” can be applied liberally. In the case of a Binary Connector, we really mean Bend. With a Tree Connector, the quantity can represent each Branch.

The Name will then be placed at the center of the line segment of this Bend.

In the case of a non-bent Connector, this value is ignored

Type: Count

Side

For a horizontal Connector, this will be above or below and for a vertical Connector it will be left or right. Since both right and above are at increasing coordinate values along one coordinate axis, we can just use a positive or negative sign to indicate the Side. Positive (1) means above or right while negative (-1) is the other side.

Type: [ 1 | -1 ] as an integer value

Location

The coordinates of the lower left text bounding box.

Type: Position

Size

The dimensions of the text bounding box.

Type: Rect Size