private void AddLink(Association association, ObjectPlusPlus linkedObject, object qualifier, int counter) { if (counter < 1) { return; } if (linkedObject == null) { return; } if (association == null) { return; } if (!LegalAssociations.Any(x => x.Role.Equals(association.Role))) { throw new Exception("Association is not legal"); } if (this.GetType() != association.StartClassifier) { throw new Exception("This object type is not correct"); } if (linkedObject.GetType() != association.EndClassifier) { throw new Exception("Linked object type is not correct"); } Dictionary <object, ObjectPlusPlus> roleLinks; if (Links.ContainsKey(association.Role)) { roleLinks = Links[association.Role]; } else { roleLinks = new Dictionary <object, ObjectPlusPlus>(); Links.Add(association.Role, roleLinks); } if (!roleLinks.ContainsKey(linkedObject)) { Association reverseAssociation = association.GetReversedAssociation(); switch (association.EndMultiplicityLimit) { case -1: roleLinks.Add(qualifier, linkedObject); if (reverseAssociation != null) { linkedObject.AddLink(reverseAssociation, this, this, counter - 1); } break; case 0: if (roleLinks.Count != 0) { throw new Exception("Multiplicity limit has been reached"); } roleLinks.Add(qualifier, linkedObject); linkedObject.AddLink(reverseAssociation, this, this, counter - 1); break; default: if (roleLinks.Count >= association.EndMultiplicityLimit) { throw new Exception("Multiplicity limit has been reached"); } roleLinks.Add(qualifier, linkedObject); linkedObject.AddLink(reverseAssociation, this, this, counter - 1); break; } } }