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UMLR — UML 2.0 Super/Use Cases/Subject of a Use Case

  • Key: UMLR-65
  • Legacy Issue Number: 8883
  • Status: open  
  • Source: MID GmbH ( Mr. Detlef Peters)
  • Summary:

    Section 16.3.2 allows "classifiers in general to own use cases". Section 16.3.6 however states that the "subject of a use case could be (...) any other element that may have behavior". These elements are called "BehavioredClassifier" by Section 13 and are a specialization of Classifier.
    Please clarify the consequences of these statements:

    • may all Classifiers be owners of UseCases, but only BehavioredClassifiers be the subject of a UseCase?
    • what is the semantics of Non-BehavioredClassifiers, e.g. an Interaction or OpaqueBehavior, owning a UseCase or being a subject of it? A UseCase "represents a declaration of an offered behavior" (16.3.6), so how can Non-BehavioredClassifiers ever offer a behavior?
  • Reported: UML 2.5 — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:57 GMT