Use Case Diagram Objects

You can create the following objects in ause case diagram:

Object

Tool

Symbol

Description

Actor





Used to represent an external person, process or something interacting with a system, sub-system or class. See Actors (OOM).

Use case





Defines a piece of coherent behavior in a system, without revealing its internal structure. See Use Cases (OOM).

Association





Communication path between an actor and a use case that it participates in. See Use Case Associations (OOM).

Generalization





A link between a general use case and a more specific use case that inherits from it and add features to it. See Generalizations (OOM).

Dependency





Relationship between two modeling elements, in which a change to one element will affect the other element. See Dependencies (OOM).


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com