Pattern asymmetricOneToMany

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Description This pattern implements an asymmetric One-to-many relationship where the relationship asset becomes a subordinate of "One" entity.
Default Namespace http://www.aoModeling.org/patterns/generic/relationship/asymmetricOneToMany
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Pattern Info
Category generic/relationship
Keywords relationship
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Purpose The purpose of this pattern is to establish an asymmetric relationship between a single entity of type A to multiple entities of type B.
Motivation One-to-many relationships occur quite often in real world scenarios, for example the relationship between manager and staff, or between a tutorial and the students attending the tutorial.
Applicability This design pattern should be applied for binary one-to-many relationships. It should not be applied to one-to-one relationships or many-to-many relationships. It is also not suitable for ternary, or even higher n-ary relationships, or for composite/part situations.
Consequences

This pattern implements the given one-to-many relationship as a separate asset. An arc with the cardinality constraint [1..1] points from the single entity A to the relationship asset, and an arc with the cardinality of [1..*] points from the relationship asset to the entity type B possibly representing multiple entities.

Advantages: This pattern can be used in situations where the entities are located in different containers (L2S) without the risk of creating orphan assets.

Disadvantages: The hierarchy between relationships and entities is not visualized well.
Known Applications Examples are: Relationship between manager and staff. Relationship between a tutorial and students attending the tutorial.
Related Patterns
composite http://www.aoModeling.org/patterns/generic/aggregation/composite
Use the composite pattern when dealing with aggregations.
oneToMany http://www.aoModeling.org/patterns/generic/relationship/oneToMany
Use the oneToMany pattern in containerless models or when both entities are located in the same container.
asymmetricOneToOne http://www.aoModeling.org/patterns/generic/relationship/asymmetricOneToOne
Use the asymmetricOneToOne relationship if the relationship relates an asset of type A to exacly one asset of type B.
Level 2 Structures EntityOne
Assets EntityMany
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