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Uml Process / Re: Modelling Global Functions

« on: September 16, 2004, 06:42:08 am »

Platform is Visual C++ 2003 using MFC. I am creating a worker thread using AfxBeginThread() which I am using to point to a global function rather than a function within a class.

I pass a specialised object as a parameter to the thread function to deal with all the synchronisation of data between the threads.

As the work to be done by the thread is fairly simple I find it is "cleaner" to use a single function rather than to create a more complex class.

I'm not too worried about code generation. The intention is just to model that my application class is creating a thread and the interaction between them.

Thanks for your help,
Spencer.

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Uml Process / Modelling Global Functions

« on: September 16, 2004, 01:39:43 am »

In my software I need to model a number of separate threads. These are worker threads so they are global functions rather than part of a class.

What is the usual UML process for modelling a global function so that the design shows which class is creating the thread and allows the global function to further be modelled?