Boolean
Definition

A boolean in OCL can be both Non-nullable and Nullable.

NonNullableBoolean : Boolean
NullableBoolean : Boolean?

As an attribute on a class that is saved to the database, almost always use non-nullable. Why? Because otherwise, it will default to null, and it's easy to handle False and Null mistakenly and incorrectly.

Evaluating

Remember to evaluate booleans like this:

class.BooleanAttribute

not class.BooleanAttribute

Not like this:

class.BooleanAttribute = True

class.BooleanAttribute = False

i.e. without an equal sign and True, False.

Mistakes We Have Seen Happen
class.BooleanAttribute->notEmpty

The expression will always return True because it will be converted to a list with one Boolean and that list will never be empty.

See also Initial values and Default Database values for more information on adding Boolean values and evolving the database

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