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UML25 — ActivityParameterNode notation

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  • Key: UML25-537
  • Legacy Issue Number: 18801
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Dassault Systemes ( Mr. Nerijus Jankevicius)
  • Summary:

    Customers are constantly asking for the ability to show parameter direction on ActivityParameterNode symbol.

    UML spec says:
    An ActivityParameterNode is notated as an ObjectNode, except that the full textual specification of the associated Parameter (see sub clause 9.4) may be used to label the ActivityParameterNode instead of the normal name/type label.

    However, I can't find Parameter BNF.

    Could you please help me to find/define a "standard" notation and don't you think it should be clarified in the spec?

  • Reported: UML 2.5b1 — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — UML 2.5
  • Disposition Summary:

    In 9.4.4 it says “There is no general notation for Parameter. Specific subclasses of BehavioralFeature define
    notation for their Parameters.”
    There are two subclasses of BehavioralFeature, Operation and Reception. Operation defines a notation for
    Parameter within its BNF. Reception says “Receptions are shown in the receptions compartment using the
    same notation as for Operations with the keyword «signal».”
    So there is only one notation for Parameter, and it should be defined there, so that ActivityParameterNode
    can refer to it.
    The notation for ParameterSet is incorrectly specified in the same way.
    This also resolves 17906.
  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:59 GMT