Class UML 2.5::InformationFlow
Description:
InformationFlows describe circulation of information through a system in a general manner. They do not specify the nature of the information, mechanisms by which it is conveyed, sequences of exchange or any control conditions. During more detailed modeling, representation and realization links may be added to specify which model elements implement an InformationFlow and to show how information is conveyed. InformationFlows require some kind of information channel for unidirectional transmission of information items from sources to targets. They specify the information channel s realizations, if any, and identify the information that flows along them. Information moving along the information channel may be represented by abstract InformationItems and by concrete Classifiers.Direct Superclasses: DirectedRelationship, PackageableElementDirect Subclasses: Class Precedence List: InformationFlow, DirectedRelationship, Relationship, PackageableElement, ParameterableElement, NamedElement, ElementProperties:
conveyed : Classifier (1 *); -- source InformationFlow informationSource : NamedElement (1 *); -- source InformationFlow informationTarget : NamedElement (1 *); -- source InformationFlow realization : Relationship (0 *); -- source InformationFlow realizingActivityEdge : ActivityEdge (0 *); -- source InformationFlow realizingConnector : Connector (0 *); -- source InformationFlow realizingMessage : Message (0 *); -- source InformationFlow source : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship target : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship relatedElement : Element (1 *); -- source Relationship visibility : VisibilityKind (0 1); -- source PackageableElement owningTemplateParameter : TemplateParameter (0 1); -- source ParameterableElement templateParameter : TemplateParameter (0 1); -- source ParameterableElement clientDependency : Dependency (0 *); -- source NamedElement name : String (0 1); -- source NamedElement nameExpression : StringExpression (0 1); -- source NamedElement namespace : Namespace (0 1); -- source NamedElement qualifiedName : String (0 1); -- source NamedElement ownedComment : Comment (0 *); -- source Element ownedElement : Element (0 *); -- source Element owner : Element (0 1); -- source ElementConstraints:
No additional constraints.Operations:
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