Assigning values to a variable in an activity diag

[Dmitri Pisarenko]

Hello!

Imagine following situation:

*) I have a class MyClass in a class diagram. It has a method called myMethod that returns some value.

*) In an activity diagram, I want to model following code

someVariable = instanceOfMyClass.myMethod();

where instanceOfMyClass is an instance of MyClass.

Question: Is there a predefined action for such situation (call a method of an object and assign its return value to a variable) in Enterprise Architect?

Thanks in advance

Dmitri Pisarenko

[philchudley]

As a start I suggest you look at a

[highlight]call operation action [/highlight]

Select an action element from the toolbox as usual and then select [highlight]Call Operation[/highlight] from the menu
Right-click the action and select[highlight] Advanced | Assign Operation...[/highlight]
You will then be able to navigate to the operation of your choice
This will create an [highlight]ActionPin (for the result of the call)[/highlight] as a child of the action
This Pin can then be added to the diagram from the Project Browser

For operations that do not return values, this pin could simply be deleted

Cheers

Phil

[Dmitri Pisarenko]

Thanks!