Activity Diagram Objects

You can create the following objects in an activity diagram:

Object

Tool

Symbol

Description

Start





Starting point of the activities represented in the activity diagram. See Starts (OOM).

Activity





Invocation of an action. See Activities (OOM).

Composite activity

N/A



Complex activity decomposed to be further detailed. See Activities (OOM).

Object node





A specific state of an activity. See Object Nodes (OOM).

Organization unit





A company, a system, a service, an organization, a user or a role. See Organization Units (OOM).

Flow





Path of the control flow between activities. See Flows (OOM).

Decision





Decision the control flow has to take when several flow paths are possible. See Decisions (OOM).

Synchronization





Enables the splitting or synchronization of control between two or more concurrent actions. See Synchronizations (OOM).

End





Termination point of the activities described in the activity diagram. See Ends (OOM).


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