Patent ID: 8578326
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method facilitating grouping in a visualized modeling language diagram which contains elements, the method comprising the steps of: a processor identifying group member elements, namely, identifying multiple elements of the diagram to be associated with a group element, each group member element having a respective visual portion; selecting a visual portion for the group element; connecting at least two group elements to non-member elements in a manner consistent with connection rules of a visualized modeling language specification that limit which visual portions can be connected, thereby avoiding connecting group elements to non-member elements in a manner prohibited by the connection rules, each non-member element being neither the group element nor a croup member element, each non-member element having a displayed visual portion and a model portion; suppressing a connector between a group member element and a non-member element of the diagram, the non-member element being neither the group element nor a group member element; creating a replacement connector for the suppressed connector, the replacement connector connecting the group element and the non-member element; removing visual portions of the group member elements from a display; inserting the visual portion of the group element in the display in place of the removed group member elements' visual portions; and replacing the suppressed connector with the replacement connector.