Chapter 4 Extending your Models with Profiles


Create instance links and messages between objects

You are going to create instance links between objects to express the collaboration between objects:

Source Destination
Customer Internet Browser
Internet Browser Application Server
Application Server Database Server

For more information on how to create instance links in the communication diagram, see "Creating an instance link in a communication diagram" in the Building Dynamic Diagrams chapter of the Object-Oriented Modeling guide.

You then define messages on the different instance links to express the data carried by the links.

For more information on how to create messages on instance links in the communication diagram, see "Creating a message in a communication diagram" in the Building Dynamic Diagrams chapter of the Object-Oriented Modeling guide.

You are going to create the following messages:


Direction

Message name
Sequence number
Customer - Internet Browser Stock value query 1
Internet Browser - Application Server Ask value to app server 2
Application Server - Database Server Ask value to db 3
Database Server - Application Server Return value from db 4
Application Server - Internet Browser Return value from app server 5
Internet Browser - Customer Return value 6

 


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