1. Interaction Diagram Notation
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2. Interaction Diagrams Illustrates how objects interact via messages
2 diagram types:
Sequence Diagram (fence format)
Collaboration Diagram (graph or network)
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3. Collaboration Diagram
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4. Sequence Diagram
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5. Common interaction Diagram Notation
Classes and Instances:
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6. Common interaction Diagram Notation
Basic Message Expression Syntax:
return := message(parameter : parameterType) : returnType
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7. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Links: a connection path between two objects
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8. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Messages:
Messages to ’self’ or ’this’
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9. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Creation of Instances:
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10. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Message number sequencing:
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11. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Complex sequence numbering:
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12. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Conditional Messages:
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13. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Mutually Exclusive Conditional Paths:
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14. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Iteration or Looping:
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15. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Iteration over a Collection:
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16. Basic Collaboration Diagram Notation
Messages to a Class Object
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17. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Links:
Sequence diagrams do not show links (connection paths between objects)
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18. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Messages:
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19. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Messages – illustrating returns:
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20. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Messages to ’self’ or ’this’:
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21. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Creation of Instances:
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22. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Object lifelines and Object Destruction:
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23. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Conditional Messages:
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24. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Mutually Exclusive Conditional Messages:
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25. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Iteration for a single message:
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26. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Iteration of a Series of Messages:
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27. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Iteration over a Collection:
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28. Basic Sequence Diagram Notation
Messages to Class Objects
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29. Interaction Diagrams Summary
Collaboration Diagram
Graph/network format
Links
Time ordering by message numbers
Sequence Diagram
Fence format
No links
Time ordering from top to bottom
Show the focus of control
May illustrate returns
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