You can use allSuperTypes in OCL to inspect every inherited type of a class, including both direct and indirect supertypes.

Syntax

TypeName.allSuperTypes

allSuperTypes is a meta-model operation: it examines the type and its inheritance structure. It does not return model objects (instances).

Return value

Item	Value
Return type	Collection(System.String)
Contents	The names of all direct and indirect supertypes of the specified class
Order	In inheritance order, starting with the direct supertype and continuing through its ancestors

Example

Assume that Mango inherits from Fruit, and Fruit inherits from SysSuperClass.

Mango.allSuperTypes

The expression returns:

['Fruit', 'SysSuperClass']

This result lets you inspect the complete ancestry of Mango. For example, you can use it when validating that a class has a required base type somewhere in its inheritance chain.

Mango.allSuperTypes

Returns

['SysSuperClass', 'Fruit']

Mango.superTypes

Returns

['Fruit']

allSuperTypes compared with superTypes

Use allSuperTypes when you need the complete inheritance hierarchy. Use superTypes when you only need the types directly inherited by the class.

Expression	Returns for Mango	Use when
Mango.allSuperTypes	['Fruit', 'SysSuperClass']	You need direct and indirect supertypes.
Mango.superTypes	['Fruit']	You need only the immediate parent type or types.

Notes

• The returned values are type names as strings, not instances of those types.
• This operator follows the inheritance hierarchy upward. It does not return subtypes.
• To work with existing model objects of a classifier, use allInstances instead.
• To test whether an object is of a specified type or one of its subtypes, use oclIsKindOf.

See also

• Documentation:OCLOperators superTypes
• Documentation:OCLOperators allInstances
• Documentation:OCLOperators oclIsKindOf
• Documentation:OCL General Operators