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2.3 Creating a New Watch Model

The next step in working with the Watch example is to develop a new watch. The easiest way to do this is to simply combine an existing display with an existing logical watch application. However, let us try something a little more interesting: a stopwatch-only model with four zones and two buttons. This requires the building of a real variant with a new display, as there is currently no display with four zones and two buttons.

First, open the WatchFamily diagram and create a new Display object. Enter the name for the display (‘X042’ in our example) and add four zones, (you can reuse ‘Zone1’, ‘Zone2’ and ‘Zone3’ from the existing models by selecting Add Existing... from the popup menu of UnitZones list, but you have to create a new ‘Zone4’ with Add Element...), and two buttons, (you can reuse ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ buttons from previous models). The property dialog for the display should now look like Figure 2-6. Choose OK and close the dialog.

Figure 2-6. Property dialog for the new Display object.

The next component we need is the logical watch application for our stopwatch. We can reuse the existing stopwatch sub-application, but we need to repackage it before we can use it as a logical watch application. In WatchFamily diagram, create a new LogicalWatch object and attach the existing ‘Stopwatch’ WatchApplication graph as its property. Select the new LogicalWatch object, choose Decompositions... from its pop-up menu and accept ‘Stopwatch’ from the following list. The logical watch application has been now defined. Note that now we are using the Stopwatch sub-application directly from the LogicalWatch, rather than having a top-level WatchApplication state diagram in between.

To finalize our new watch model, we need to combine our new display and logical watch components into a WatchModel. Create a new WatchModel object in the WatchFamily diagram. Enter its name (‘JustStopwatch’ in our example) and attach our newly-created display and logical watch application as its respective properties. The WatchFamily diagram should now look like Figure 2-7.

Figure 2-7. The WatchFamily diagram with new objects.


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