UML Diagram: Timing
(Free Web Tutorials)

by Michael Thomas

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This tutorial covers: UML 2.0

Prerequisites

Review the UML Overview tutorial.

Objectives

Get a broad over view of UML "Timing" diagram.

Definition & Example

Timing Diagram - is a diagram that explores the behaviors of one or more objects throughout a given period of time.
Example - (created with EclipseUML - May of 2008) - a very ....

Goals of the Timing Diagram

To show any timing constraints between the state changes among objects.
To show the state changes that occur relative to time and the messages that are exchanged.
To show the specific timing of messages between objects.
To show the specific times that messages must be sent or received.
To show how an object changes it's internal states over a period of time.
To show from left to right the timing of state changes as time changes. The states are listed from bottom to top.

Future topics