Chapter 5 Building Dynamic Diagrams
A message has the following general 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 message |
| Sequence number | Allows you to manually add a sequence number to the message. It is mainly used in collaboration diagrams to describe the order of messages, but can also be used in sequence diagrams |
| Stereotype | Extends the semantics of the object beyond the core UML definition. |
| Sender | Object the message starts from. You can click the Properties tool beside this box to display the object property sheet |
| Receiver | Object the message ends on. You can click the Properties tool beside this box to display the object property sheet. Click the Reverse direction tool beside this box to invert the sender and receiver. You cannot invert the direction of a message when the message is a Create or Destroy message. |
Inverting the direction of a message
You can right-click a message in the diagram and select Reverse from the contextual menu to invert its direction.
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