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Activity Parameter Nodes

Description:

An Activity Parameter Node accepts input to an Activity or provides output from an Activity.

The following example depicts two entry parameters and one output parameter defined for the Activity.

Simple Activity Diagram

How to:

To define an Activity Parameter Node for an Activity, follow the steps below:

Step

Action

1

Right-click on the element and select the Embedded Elements | Add Activity Parameter context menu option

2

The Properties dialog displays, which prompts for the Name and other properties of the embedded element

3

To further define the new Activity Parameter, select the Advanced page of the Properties dialog

Similar to characterizing Action Pins, Activity Parameter Nodes also have the isException and isStream options:

  • IsException indicates that a parameter can emit a value at the exclusion of other outputs, usually because of some error
  • IsStream indicates whether or not a parameter can accept or post values during the execution of the Activity

Activity Parameter Node

Learn More:

OMG UML Specification:

The OMG UML specification (UML Superstructure Specification, v2.1.1, p. 338) states:

An activity parameter node is an object node for inputs and outputs to activities.

... Activity parameter nodes are object nodes at the beginning and end of flows that provide a means to accept inputs to an activity and provide outputs from the activity, through the activity parameters.

Activity parameters inherit support for streaming and exceptions from Parameter.