State Properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a state property sheet, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry in the States folder. The following sections detail the property sheet tabs that contain the properties most commonly entered for states.

The General Tab contains the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users.
Code	Specifies the technical name of the object, which is used for generating code or scripts.
Comment	Descriptive comment for the object.
Stereotype	Extends the semantics of the object beyond the core UML definition.
Classifier	Classifier linked to the state. It can be a use case, a class or a component. When a classifier is selected, it is displayed in between brackets after the state name in the Browser. You can use the tools to the right of the list to create an object, browse the complete tree of available objects or view the properties of the currently selected object
Composite status	If you select the Decomposed state option, the state becomes a decomposed state. If you select the Atomic state option, the state becomes an atomic state, and all its child objects are deleted

State Property Sheet Actions Tab
You can specify a set of internal actions on an atomic or decomposed state from the Actions tab in the state property sheet. They represent actions performed within the scope of the state when some events occur. You can create and define the properties of the action from the Actions tab, or double-click the arrow at the beginning of a line to display the action property sheet.
State Property Sheet Deferred Events Tab
The Deferred Events tab contains an Add Objects tool that allows you to add already existing events but not to create new events. This list is similar to the list of Business Rules that only reuse elements and does not create them.
State Property Sheet Sub-States Tab
The Sub-States tab is displayed when the current state is decomposed in order to display a list of child states. You can use the Add a row and Delete tools to modify the list of child states.

Parent topic: States (OOM)