Chapter 4 Building Use Case Diagrams

Use case association property sheet General tab

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 an object derived from existing objects but specific to your needs.
Orientation Defines the direction of the association. You can choose between:

  • Primary Actor – the association leads from the actor to the use case
  • Secondary Actor – the association leads from the use case to the actor
Source Specifies the object that the association leads from. Click the Properties tool to the right of this box to access the property sheet of the specified object.
Destination Specifies the object that the association leads to Click the Properties tool to the right of this box to access the property sheet of the specified object.

 

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