Author Topic: How to model an 80-parameter message (Read 3442 times)

Martinigue · « **on:** August 21, 2006, 06:16:45 am »

On a sequence diagram I have messages where some of them are going to use up to 80 parameters..

...clearly the usage of Message Properties>Parameters section is not the best for this.. :-/ Could you please suggest another solutions? Thanx in advance!

sargasso · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2006, 06:25:09 am »

[Politely] How, may I ask, could one possibly conceive an 80 parameter message? Secondly, how many degrees of freedom can exist in that message and thus how much faith could one possibly put in the code?[/Politely]

Yours in total bewilderment
bruce

Martinigue · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2006, 06:28:27 am »

Sargasso, these are MQ stuff and it's the client who wants to see the parameters directly in the diagram...

Jan ´Bary´ Glas · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2006, 07:02:15 am »

a note may be better?

JohnWSaundersIII · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2006, 10:37:13 am »

How about creating a class or struct to hold the parameters, then reference the class in the message? That way, the parameters (which are obviously important to the customer), can get the full benefit of the features available for modeling classes. This includes the ability to add notes for each parameter individually, the ability to specify the type of the parameter in detail, etc.

John

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