[news.eclipse.tools.uml2] Re: ConnectableElement in sequence diagram

[tas.frangoullides@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tas Frangoullides)]

Greg,

You could use a collaboration to contain your interaction and properties. 
You would add a property to the collaboration for each participant in the 
interaction. Each lineline in your interaction would reference a property 
contained in the collaboration from its "represents" property.

I've included a model in xmi below which is structured this way.

Tas.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<uml:Model xmi:version="2.1" 
xmlns:xmi="http://schema.omg.org/spec/XMI/2.1"; 
xmlns:uml="http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/2.0.0/UML"; 
xmi:id="__emtgGf1EduBS_PuzOzGLA" name="InteractionModel">
 <packagedElement xmi:type="uml:Class" xmi:id="_COSm4Gf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" 
name="Class1"/>
 <packagedElement xmi:type="uml:Class" xmi:id="_GMNN8Gf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" 
name="Class2"/>
 <packagedElement xmi:type="uml:Collaboration" 
xmi:id="_IPetQGf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" name="MyCollaboration">
   <ownedBehavior xmi:type="uml:Interaction" 
xmi:id="_QMNTQGf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" name="MyInteraction">
     <lifeline xmi:id="_S8CWkGf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" name="lifeline1" 
represents="_K9-T0Gf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA"/>
     <lifeline xmi:id="_TfzK8Gf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" name="lifeline2" 
represents="_NN69MGf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA"/>
   </ownedBehavior>
   <ownedAttribute xmi:id="_K9-T0Gf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" name="participant1" 
type="_COSm4Gf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA"/>
   <ownedAttribute xmi:id="_NN69MGf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA" name="participant2" 
type="_GMNN8Gf2EduBS_PuzOzGLA"/>
 </packagedElement>
</uml:Model>

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Greg O'Keefe wrote:

> > So, the Lifeline must "represent" a Property, but my question is, a 
> > Property of what? 

> I have added Properties to the Interaction.  Does that sound reasonable? 
>   Is this how sequence diagrams should be represented?