Modeling with Technology FrameWork

Messages
Messages
Creating a message
Chapter 17: Sequence Models (UML)
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3 Click where you want to place the lifeline point graphic.
4 Type a name for the lifeline point. Then click on the window
background to close the edit box.
A message is a named communication from one object to another.
A return message is a named communication that is the response
to a message.
To create a message:
Form for messages
1 In the UML Sequence Diagram Tools tool folder, click and hold
on the tool representing the type of message you want to create.
2 Drag to the lifeline point that send the message and release the
mouse button.
3 Click on the lifeline point that receives the message.
4 Type the name of the message. Then click on the window
background to close the edit box.
You can use the Message Instance Information form to view and
modify information about a message.