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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: mse on November 25, 2020, 01:10:59 am

Title: How do you simulate a ReadStructuralFeature action in an activity diagram?
Post by: mse on November 25, 2020, 01:10:59 am

The documentaiton (see https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/model_domains/actionnotation.html (https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/model_domains/actionnotation.html)) for model simulation does not go into details on how to simulate a read structural feature action. I tried it with an atomic action and I can simulate the data and control flows fine. However when I switch to ReadStructuralFeature action, the simulation stops at that action and does not progress.

How do you properly model and simulate the reading of a value from a port using the ReadStructuralFeature action?

Title: Re: How do you simulate a ReadStructuralFeature action in an activity diagram?
Post by: mse on November 25, 2020, 01:22:34 am

Basically, the documentationi states the following:

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Resembles AddStructuralFeatureValue, except that the value Port is not necessary.

In a simulation, if the Object's Port has no value at run time, the simulation will pause at the Action.

What does it mean for the "object's port" to have a value?