// XXX maybe one could make a difference between Variables and
// Parameters, since OCL semantic says Parameters are Immutable within
// an activity.
Type umlType = umlParameter.getType();
TCGVariable tcgVar = null;
TCGBasicVariableType tcgType = null;
tcgType = TCGBasicVariableType.getByName(umlType.getName());
if (tcgType != null) {
tcgVar = factory.createTCGBasicVariable();
((TCGBasicVariable) tcgVar).setVariableType(tcgType);
} else {