allocation class

An Allocation Class is a combination of two component classes. A resource for an allocation class can only exist as composition of a resource from each of these component classes.

A class relation exists for an Allocation Class, in which the Allocation class is considered the child class in these cases:

• The Allocation class and the first component class, in which the component class is considered the parent class.
• The Allocation class and the second component class, in which the component class is considered the parent class.