- Interaction overview diagram
Interaction Overview Diagram in the
Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a type ofactivity diagram in which the nodes represent interaction diagrams. They are a s high level structuring mechanism forsequence diagram s. Interaction overview diagrams illustrate an overview of a flow of control in which each node can be an interaction diagram. [ [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rtnlhelp/v6r0m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.xtools.modeler.doc/topics/rdiagtype.html Types of modeling diagrams] . Retrieved 12 Sept 2008.]Interaction Overview Diagrams combine
activity diagram and in-linesequence diagram s. These interaction diagrams can includesequence ,communication ,interaction overview andtiming diagram s. In the diagram nodes are interactions of sequence diagrams, and the edges show the order in which these interactions occur. You can also use an interaction overview diagram to deconstruct a complex scenario that would otherwise require multiple if-then-else paths to be illustrated as a single sequence diagram. [ [http://www.altova.com/features_interaction_overview_diagram.html UModel Interaction Overview Diagrams] . Retrieved 12 Sept 2008.]Most of the notation for interaction overview diagrams is the same for activity diagrams. For example, initial, final, decision, merge, fork and join nodes are all the same. However, interaction overview diagrams introduce two new elements: interaction occurrences and interaction elements. [ [http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/resources/uml2_tutorial/uml2_interactionoverviewdiagram.html Sparx Systems - UML 2 Tutorial - Interaction Overview Diagram] . Retrieved 12 Sept 2008. ]
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External links
* [http://www.agilemodeling.com/artifacts/interactionOverviewDiagram.htm UML 2 Interaction Overview Diagrams] at agilemodeling.com
* [http://www.altova.com/features_interaction_overview_diagram.html UModel Interaction Overview Diagrams]
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