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Is there a way to omit the visibility (lock symbol) marker in MetaUML Class objects? If I just refrain to use one I get a protected marker as a default.

A short example (note: the LaTeX builder has to be run with -shell-escape option):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[shellescape]{gmp}
\begin{document}
\begin{mpost}[mpsettings={input metauml;},use]

Class.A("ClassA")
("-private","+public","default protected", "#protectedWithNumberSign")
();
drawObjects(A);

\end{mpost}
\end{document}

Just to have stated it: in section 2 Class Diagrams on page 6, the handbook says that # produces a protected marker (therefore I was tempted to think that omitting the marker symbol it would result in no marker), but in fact this produces such a marker plus a # sign.

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    @karlkoeller MetaUML is a Metapost package, which is surely on topic here. – egreg Dec 7 '13 at 13:38
  • Please, add a minimal example of code. – egreg Dec 7 '13 at 13:39
  • @egreg Didn't know that, voted for reopen. – karlkoeller Dec 7 '13 at 14:38
  • I added an example. I hope you'll find it descriptive... Thanks for the suggestion. – Marste Dec 8 '13 at 0:01
  • You would have to patch metauml_class.mp to get it to leave out the lock symbol. One approach would be to define a new access definition character, change addAttribute to accept it, and change Class_drawFeatures to omit the lock selectively. – Thruston Apr 26 '14 at 11:38
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You can use Class_noVisibilityMarkers.

Class.A("Point")
  ("#x:int", "#y:int")
  ("+toString():String");
Class_noVisibilityMarkers.A;
drawObject(A);

Class_noVisibilityMarkers was not available in MetaUML 0.2.5, but it is now available from the master branch of https://github.com/ogheorghies/MetaUML .

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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Glad to see that MetaUML is being developed again. – egreg Jul 17 '15 at 19:56

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