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E080 Invalid Abstract Class Association

Umple semantic error raised when an association with an abstract class forces instantiation of an object

An association with an abstract class must either be a directed association or must have a multiplicity with lower bound of zero at both ends. This is necessary to prevent situations where it would be needed to instantiate the abstract class (which is never allowed).

Example

//Class A contains an association
//with abstract class B, causing
//the error by using mandatory
//multiplicity
class A {
  1 -- 1 B;
}

abstract class B{
  abstract; 
}
      

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Solution to The Above So the Message No Longer Appears

//The following association does not
//cause the error
class A {
  0..1 -- 0..1 B;
}

abstract class B{
  abstract; 
}
      

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