Section 7.9. What s Next?


7.9. What's Next?

Sequence diagrams are closely related to communication diagrams. So closely, in fact, that many modelers often don't know when to use sequence versus communication diagrams. Chapter 8 describes communication diagrams and concludes with a comparison between the two, providing some tips about when to use which diagram type.

Sequence and communication diagrams are both interaction diagrams; timing diagrams are yet another type of interaction diagram. Timing diagrams specialize at showing time constraints involved with interactions, which is especially useful for real-time systems. Timing diagrams are covered in Chapter 9.

If your sequence diagram is getting cluttered with too many messages, step back and look at interaction diagrams on a higher level with interaction overview diagrams. Interaction overview diagrams model the big picture perspective on interactions that occur within your system. Interaction overview diagrams are described in Chapter 10.




Learning UML 2.0
Learning UML 2.0
ISBN: 0596009828
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 175

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