Communication Diagram

A Communication diagram is a diagram that shows the interactions between elements at run-time in much the same manner as a Sequence diagram. However, Communication diagrams are used to visualize inter-object relationships, while Sequence diagrams are more effective at visualizing processing over time.

Communication diagrams employ ordered, labeled associations to illustrate processing. Numbering is important to indicate the order and nesting of processing. A numbering scheme could be:

1
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.2, and so on.

A new number segment begins for a new layer of processing, and would be equivalent to a method invocation.

Example Diagram     Example Communication Diagram

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