Interaction Overview Diagrams Reference

Interaction overview diagrams use activity diagram notation where the nodes are either interactions or interaction uses.

Branching and joining of branches in interaction overview diagrams must be properly nested. This is more restrictive than in activity diagrams.


Notation Description
Frame
Interaction overview diagram Online Shopping.

Interaction overview diagram Online Shopping

Interaction overview diagrams are framed by the same kind of frame that encloses other forms of interaction diagrams - a rectangular frame around the diagram with a name in a compartment in the upper left corner.

Interaction kind is interaction or sd (abbreviated form).

Interaction
Interaction diagram of any kind may appear inline as an invocation action.

Interaction Add Item to Shopping Cart may appear inline on some interaction overview diagram

An interaction diagram of any kind may appear inline as an invocation action. The inline interaction diagrams may be either anonymous or named.

Interaction Use
Interaction use may appear as an invocation action.

Interaction use Add Item to Shopping Cart may appear on some interaction overview diagram

An interaction use may appear as an invocation action on an interaction overview diagram.

Comments
blog comments powered by Disqus