Macros [EA User Guide]

Macros provide access to element fields within the UML model and are also used to structure the generated output. All macros are enclosed within percent (%) signs. The CTF contains five basic types of macros:

·	Template substitution macros

·	Field substitution macros

·	Tagged Value substitution macros

·	Control macros

·	Function macros

In general, macros (including the % delimiters) are substituted with literal text in the output. For example consider the following item from the Class Declaration template:

... class %className% ...

The field substitution macro, %className%, would result in the current Class name being substituted in the output. So if the Class being generated was named Foo, the output would be:

... class Foo ...