Temporal Behavior

Sequence Diagrams

  • Describe the predefined temporal behavior of an application.
  • Extensions made to standard UML sequence diagrams
    (1). Refinement of time dimension by defining local time axes for objects.
    (2). Provided activation and deactivation delays.
    (3). A notion of shallow and deep history on a sequence diagram.
    (4). Parallely composed activation of media objects.
    (5). Sequential composition of different activations to automatically trigger subsequent activations.
    (6). Assignment of activation of application objects to presentation objects.
    (7). Overlay of media filters on activation objects etc.

  • Example: ShowRoute(Location A, Location B)