Introduction to Object-

Oriented Analysis and Design

using the UML

Lab 6
Software Engineering
By Nouran Radwan
Interaction Diagrams
Interaction Diagrams
The term interaction diagram is a
generalization of specialized UML
diagrams types:
Sequence Diagram
Communication Diagram
Interaction Overview Diagram
Timing Diagram

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Communication Diagram
Communication Diagram
UML Communication diagrams, formerly
known as collaboration diagrams, are
used to explore the dynamic nature of
your software.
Communication diagrams show the
message flow between objects in an object-
oriented application, and also imply the
basic associations (relationships) between
classes.
Communication Diagram
Communication diagrams illustrate object
interactions in a graph or network format,
in which objects can be placed anywhere
on the diagram.
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Symbols used in Communication
Diagrams
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Communication Diagram for
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Interaction Overview
Diagram
Interaction Overview Diagram
The Interaction Overview Diagram focuses on
the overview of the flow of control of the
interactions. It is a variant of the Activity
Diagram where the nodes are the interactions or
interaction occurrences.
The Interaction Overview Diagram describes the
interactions where messages and lifelines are
hidden. You can link up the "real" diagrams and
achieve high degree navigability between diagrams
inside the Interaction Overview Diagram.

Interaction Overview Diagram
Interaction overview diagrams help
analysts understand complex use cases.
Interaction overview diagrams extend
activity diagrams through the addition of
sequence fragments from sequence
diagrams.
Interaction
Overview
Diagram
Examples
Interaction Overview Diagram
Examples
Interaction Overview Diagram
Examples
Timing Diagram
Timing Diagram
Timing diagrams, which electrical engineers have
been using for years, are a new addition to the
UML.
The primary purpose of the timing diagram is
to show the change of state of an object in
response to events over time.
Timing diagrams are often used in the design of
embedded software, such as control software
for a fuel injection system in an automobile,
although they occasionally have their uses for
business software too.

Timing Diagram
Timing Diagrams are used to show interactions
when a primary purpose of the diagram is to
reason about time.
A timing diagram is a specific behavioral
modeling diagram that focuses on timing
constraints.
You can think of a timing diagram as an inverted
sequence diagram. Instead of different objects on
the x-axis, time is passing on the x-axis from left
to right. The different components of the system
which interact with each other are stacked
together on the y-axis.
Graphic Nodes
The following nodes and edges are typically
drawn in a UML timing diagram.
1. Lifeline
2. State or Condition Timeline
3. Duration Constraint
4. Time Constraint
5. Destruction Event
6. Message
7. General value lifeline
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Lifeline
Is a named element which represents an
individual participant in the interaction.
Represent only one interacting entity.
See lifeLine from sequence diagrams for more
details.
Is represented by the name of classifier or the
instance it represents. It could be placed inside
diagram frame .

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Lifeline
State or Condition Timeline
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Timeline shows Virus changing its state between Dormant, Propagation,
Triggering and Execution state
Instance Name
Stats
Duration Constraint
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EX : Ice should melt into water in 1 to 6 minutes
Duration Constraint
Classifier Name
Time Constraint
Time constraint is shown as graphical association
between a time interval and the construct that it
constrains. Typically this graphical association is a
small line, between an occurrence specification
and a time interval.
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Person should wake up between 5:40 am and 6 am
Destruction Event
The destruction event is depicted by a cross in the
form of an X at the end of a timeline.
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Virus lifeline is terminated
Example :
An example of timing diagram which
shows some duration constraints for a
fabricated website to evaluate how long
web user should wait to see something
rendered on his display.
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References

OMG Unified Modeling LanguageTM
(OMG UML), Superstructure
Systems Analysis and Design with UML
Version 2.0, An Object-Oriented
Approach, Second Edition, Alan Dennis.
Scott W. Ambler, The Element of
UMLTM2.0 Style, Cambridge University
Press.